#CDB96D#CDB96D

#CDB96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.099 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB96D
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -3.08, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 41.10, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0088 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.099 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2874, 48.7829, 21.4956)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB96D #6D81CD

analogous

#CD896D #CDB96D #B1CD6D

triadic

#CDB96D #6DCDB9 #B96DCD

tetradic

#CDB96D #6DCD89 #6D81CD #CD6DB1

square

#CDB96D #6DCD89 #6D81CD #CD6DB1

split-complementary

#CDB96D #6DB1CD #896DCD

monochromatic

#8F7B31 #BCA340 #CDB96D #DDCF9B #ECE5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDB96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#CDB96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB96D

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB96D	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.099 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd98',
    500: '#cdb96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb96d;
$custom-light: #decd98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78618,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB96D

secondary

#B9C0DD

accent

#48BC29

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB96D

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

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