#CDB565#CDB565

#CDB565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.104 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB565
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -1.72, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 43.63, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0057 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.104 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0512, 46.9684, 19.0548)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB565 #657DCD

analogous

#CD8165 #CDB565 #B1CD65

triadic

#CDB565 #65CDB5 #B565CD

tetradic

#CDB565 #65CD81 #657DCD #CD65B1

square

#CDB565 #65CD81 #657DCD #CD65B1

split-complementary

#CDB565 #65B1CD #8165CD

monochromatic

#8B752D #B99C3C #CDB565 #DCCB93 #EBE1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CDB565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#CDB565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB565

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB565	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.104 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decb92',
    500: '#cdb565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb565;
$custom-light: #decb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77679,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB565

secondary

#B3BCDB

accent

#6EDA4D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB565

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

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