#CDB95E#CDB95E

#CDB95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.114 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB95E
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -4.42, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 48.38, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0142 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.114 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5478, 48.4871, 17.5999)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB95E #5E72CD

analogous

#CD815E #CDB95E #A9CD5E

triadic

#CDB95E #5ECDB9 #B95ECD

tetradic

#CDB95E #5ECD81 #5E72CD #CD5EA9

square

#CDB95E #5ECD81 #5E72CD #CD5EA9

split-complementary

#CDB95E #5EA9CD #815ECD

monochromatic

#87762A #B59F38 #CDB95E #DCCD8D #EAE2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDB95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CDB95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB95E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB95E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.114 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd8e',
    500: '#cdb95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb95e;
$custom-light: #dfcd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78412,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB95E

secondary

#ADB5D9

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB95E

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

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