#CDBA5F#CDBA5F

#CDBA5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.114 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA5F
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -4.86, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 48.26, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0154 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.114 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8029, 48.9250, 17.9077)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA5F #5F72CD

analogous

#CD835F #CDBA5F #A9CD5F

triadic

#CDBA5F #5FCDBA #BA5FCD

tetradic

#CDBA5F #5FCD83 #5F72CD #CD5FA9

square

#CDBA5F #5FCD83 #5F72CD #CD5FA9

split-complementary

#CDBA5F #5FA9CD #835FCD

monochromatic

#87772A #B6A039 #CDBA5F #DCCE8E #EAE2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#CDBA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA5F

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA5F	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)

#C9B657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.114 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce8f',
    500: '#cdba5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba5f;
$custom-light: #dfce8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78632,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA5F

secondary

#AEB6DA

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA5F

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

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