#CDCF51#CDCF51

#CDCF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.147 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCF51
RGB	rgb(205, 207, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -16.60, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 62.73, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0505 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.147 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9763, 58.2001, 16.4368)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCF51 #5351CF

analogous

#CF9251 #CDCF51 #8ECF51

triadic

#CDCF51 #51CDCF #CF51CD

tetradic

#CDCF51 #51CF92 #5351CF #CF518E

square

#CDCF51 #51CF92 #5351CF #CF518E

split-complementary

#CDCF51 #518ECF #9251CF

monochromatic

#808224 #B0B231 #CDCF51 #DBDC81 #E9E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#CDCF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCF51

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCF51	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 207, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.147 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdd87',
    500: '#cdcf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcf51;
$custom-light: #dfdd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82918,
    "c": 0.14699,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCF51

secondary

#3C3B89

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCF51

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

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