#CDDA51#CDDA51

#CDDA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.159 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA51
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -22.01, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 67.36, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.0657 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.159 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7347, 63.7169, 17.3563)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA51 #5E51DA

analogous

#DAA251 #CDDA51 #88DA51

triadic

#CDDA51 #51CDDA #DA51CD

tetradic

#CDDA51 #51DAA2 #5E51DA #DA5188

square

#CDDA51 #51DAA2 #5E51DA #DA5188

split-complementary

#CDDA51 #5188DA #A251DA

monochromatic

#87921F #B5C42A #CDDA51 #DCE583 #EAEFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#CDDA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA51

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA51	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.159 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe588',
    500: '#cdda51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda51;
$custom-light: #dfe588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85292,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA51

secondary

#413997

accent

#40E850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA51

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

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