#CDB96A#CDB96A

#CDB96A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.102 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB96A
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -3.36, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 42.58, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0099 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.102 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1287, 48.7194, 20.6595)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB96A #6A7ECD

analogous

#CD876A #CDB96A #AFCD6A

triadic

#CDB96A #6ACDB9 #B96ACD

tetradic

#CDB96A #6ACD87 #6A7ECD #CD6AAF

square

#CDB96A #6ACD87 #6A7ECD #CD6AAF

split-complementary

#CDB96A #6AAFCD #876ACD

monochromatic

#8D7A2F #BBA23F #CDB96A #DCCF98 #ECE4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDB96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDB96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB96A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB96A	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#C7B663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.102 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd96',
    500: '#cdb96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb96a;
$custom-light: #decd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB96A

secondary

#B7BEDC

accent

#46BD28

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB96A

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

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