#CDB969#CDB969

#CDB969 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.103 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB969
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -3.46, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 43.07, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0103 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.103 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0770, 48.6988, 20.3872)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB969 #697DCD

analogous

#CD8769 #CDB969 #AFCD69

triadic

#CDB969 #69CDB9 #B969CD

tetradic

#CDB969 #69CD87 #697DCD #CD69AF

square

#CDB969 #69CD87 #697DCD #CD69AF

split-complementary

#CDB969 #69AFCD #8769CD

monochromatic

#8D7A2F #BBA23E #CDB969 #DCCE97 #ECE4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDB969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDB969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB969

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB969	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.103 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd95',
    500: '#cdb969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb969;
$custom-light: #decd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7856,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB969

secondary

#B6BEDC

accent

#46BD28

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB969

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

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