#CDD451#CDD451

#CDD451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.152 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD451
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -19.08, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 64.81, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0574 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.152 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2069, 60.6613, 16.8470)
Luminance	0.6066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD451 #5851D4

analogous

#D49951 #CDD451 #8CD451

triadic

#CDD451 #51CDD4 #D451CD

tetradic

#CDD451 #51D499 #5851D4 #D4518C

square

#CDD451 #51D499 #5851D4 #D4518C

split-complementary

#CDD451 #518CD4 #9951D4

monochromatic

#838922 #B2BA2E #CDD451 #DBE082 #E9ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#CDD451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD451

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD451	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.152 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe188',
    500: '#cdd451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd451;
$custom-light: #dfe188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83994,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD451

secondary

#3F3A8F

accent

#44E44D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD451

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

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