#CDB85E#CDB85E

#CDB85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.113 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB85E
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -3.90, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 48.03, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0127 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.113 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3393, 48.0701, 17.5304)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB85E #5E73CD

analogous

#CD805E #CDB85E #AACD5E

triadic

#CDB85E #5ECDB8 #B85ECD

tetradic

#CDB85E #5ECD80 #5E73CD #CD5EAA

square

#CDB85E #5ECD80 #5E73CD #CD5EAA

split-complementary

#CDB85E #5EAACD #805ECD

monochromatic

#87752A #B59E38 #CDB85E #DCCD8D #EAE1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CDB85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB85E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB85E	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.113 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd8e',
    500: '#cdb85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb85e;
$custom-light: #dfcd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB85E

secondary

#ADB6D9

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB85E

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

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