#FFCD51#FFCD51

#FFCD51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.148 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCD51
RGB	rgb(255, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, 5.25, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 66.16, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% 0.009 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.148 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5602, 65.5209, 17.0294)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCD51 #5183FF

analogous

#FF7651 #FFCD51 #DAFF51

triadic

#FFCD51 #51FFCD #CD51FF

tetradic

#FFCD51 #51FF76 #5183FF #FF51DA

square

#FFCD51 #51FF76 #5183FF #FF51DA

split-complementary

#FFCD51 #51DAFF #7651FF

monochromatic

#D69800 #FFBB14 #FFCD51 #FFDF8E #FFF0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#FFCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#FFCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCD51

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCD51	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.148 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb88',
    500: '#ffcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcd51;
$custom-light: #ffdb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.759,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87053,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCD51

secondary

#2556D0

accent

#42E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCD51

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

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