#CDBA5E#CDBA5E

#CDBA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.115 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA5E
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -4.94, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 48.73, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0157 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.115 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7577, 48.9069, 17.6699)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA5E #5E71CD

analogous

#CD825E #CDBA5E #A8CD5E

triadic

#CDBA5E #5ECDBA #BA5ECD

tetradic

#CDBA5E #5ECD82 #5E71CD #CD5EA8

square

#CDBA5E #5ECD82 #5E71CD #CD5EA8

split-complementary

#CDBA5E #5EA8CD #825ECD

monochromatic

#87772A #B5A038 #CDBA5E #DCCE8D #EAE2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#CDBA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA5E

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA5E	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.115 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce8e',
    500: '#cdba5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba5e;
$custom-light: #dfce8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7862,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA5E

secondary

#ADB5D9

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA5E

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

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