#CDDC51#CDDC51

#CDDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.161 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDC51
RGB	rgb(205, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -22.98, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 68.22, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0684 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.161 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2565, 64.7604, 17.5302)
Luminance	0.6476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDC51 #6051DC

analogous

#DCA651 #CDDC51 #88DC51

triadic

#CDDC51 #51CDDC #DC51CD

tetradic

#CDDC51 #51DCA6 #6051DC #DC5188

square

#CDDC51 #51DCA6 #6051DC #DC5188

split-complementary

#CDDC51 #5188DC #A651DC

monochromatic

#88951E #B6C828 #CDDC51 #DCE684 #EAF0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CDDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#CDDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDC51

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDC51	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.161 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe688',
    500: '#cddc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddc51;
$custom-light: #dfe688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.475,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85726,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDC51

secondary

#423899

accent

#3EE951

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDC51

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

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