#CDD251#CDD251

#CDD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.150 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD251
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -18.09, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 63.97, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0546 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.15 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7100, 59.6676, 16.6814)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD251 #5651D2

analogous

#D29751 #CDD251 #8CD251

triadic

#CDD251 #51CDD2 #D251CD

tetradic

#CDD251 #51D297 #5651D2 #D2518C

square

#CDD251 #51D297 #5651D2 #D2518C

split-complementary

#CDD251 #518CD2 #9751D2

monochromatic

#828623 #B1B72F #CDD251 #DBDF82 #E9EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#CDD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD251

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD251	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.150 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf87',
    500: '#cdd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd251;
$custom-light: #dfdf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.326,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83563,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD251

secondary

#3E3B8D

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD251

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

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