#CDB97D#CDB97D

#CDB97D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.081 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB97D
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 125)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -1.40, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 33.08, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0025 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.081 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2285, 49.1593, 26.4516)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB97D #7D91CD

analogous

#CD917D #CDB97D #B9CD7D

triadic

#CDB97D #7DCDB9 #B97DCD

tetradic

#CDB97D #7DCD91 #7D91CD #CD7DB9

square

#CDB97D #7DCD91 #7D91CD #CD7DB9

split-complementary

#CDB97D #7DB9CD #917DCD

monochromatic

#967F3A #BCA151 #CDB97D #DED1A9 #EFE9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CDB97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#CDB97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB97D

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB97D	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.081 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcda3',
    500: '#cdb97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb97d;
$custom-light: #ddcda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7888,
    "c": 0.08149,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB97D

secondary

#C5CCE1

accent

#50B82E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF9F4

border

#D4D2CE

text

#15130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB97D

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

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