#CDCC51#CDCC51

#CDCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.144 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC51
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -15.11, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 61.51, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0462 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.144 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2564, 56.7603, 16.1968)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC51 #5152CD

analogous

#CD8E51 #CDCC51 #90CD51

triadic

#CDCC51 #51CDCC #CC51CD

tetradic

#CDCC51 #51CD8E #5152CD #CD5190

square

#CDCC51 #51CD8E #5152CD #CD5190

split-complementary

#CDCC51 #5190CD #8E51CD

monochromatic

#7F7E25 #AFAE32 #CDCC51 #DBDA81 #E8E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CDCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC51

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC51	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.144 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb87',
    500: '#cdcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc51;
$custom-light: #dfdb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82276,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC51

secondary

#3B3C87

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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