#CDCD51#CDCD51

#CDCD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.145 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD51
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -15.61, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 61.91, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0476 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.145 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4948, 57.2372, 16.2763)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD51 #5151CD

analogous

#CD8F51 #CDCD51 #8FCD51

triadic

#CDCD51 #51CDCD #CD51CD

tetradic

#CDCD51 #51CD8F #5151CD #CD518F

square

#CDCD51 #51CD8F #5151CD #CD518F

split-complementary

#CDCD51 #518FCD #8F51CD

monochromatic

#7F7F25 #AFAF32 #CDCD51 #DBDB81 #E8E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CDCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD51

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD51	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.145 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc87',
    500: '#cdcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd51;
$custom-light: #dfdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8249,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD51

secondary

#3B3B87

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD51

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

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