#CDBA5B#CDBA5B

#CDBA5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.118 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA5B
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -5.18, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 50.15, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0168 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.118 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6257, 48.8541, 16.9746)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA5B #5B6ECD

analogous

#CD815B #CDBA5B #A7CD5B

triadic

#CDBA5B #5BCDBA #BA5BCD

tetradic

#CDBA5B #5BCD81 #5B6ECD #CD5BA7

square

#CDBA5B #5BCD81 #5B6ECD #CD5BA7

split-complementary

#CDBA5B #5BA7CD #815BCD

monochromatic

#857629 #B49F37 #CDBA5B #DBCE8A #EAE1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#CDBA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA5B

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA5B	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.118 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce8c',
    500: '#cdba5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba5b;
$custom-light: #dfce8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78583,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA5B

secondary

#ABB3D9

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA5B

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

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