#CDCE51#CDCE51

#CDCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.146 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE51
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -16.10, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 62.32, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0491 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.146 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7348, 57.7171, 16.3563)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE51 #5251CE

analogous

#CE9151 #CDCE51 #8FCE51

triadic

#CDCE51 #51CDCE #CE51CD

tetradic

#CDCE51 #51CE91 #5251CE #CE518F

square

#CDCE51 #51CE91 #5251CE #CE518F

split-complementary

#CDCE51 #518FCE #9151CE

monochromatic

#808024 #AFB032 #CDCE51 #DBDB81 #E8E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#CDCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE51

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE51	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.146 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc87',
    500: '#cdce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce51;
$custom-light: #dfdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82704,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE51

secondary

#3C3B88

accent

#48DF4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE51

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

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