#CDBB2E#CDBB2E

#CDBB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.151 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB2E
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -8.28, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 68.55, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0305 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.151 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4424, 48.7190, 9.6997)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB2E #2E40CD

analogous

#CD6C2E #CDBB2E #8FCD2E

triadic

#CDBB2E #2ECDBB #BB2ECD

tetradic

#CDBB2E #2ECD6C #2E40CD #CD2E8F

square

#CDBB2E #2ECD6C #2E40CD #CD2E8F

split-complementary

#CDBB2E #2E8FCD #6C2ECD

monochromatic

#696018 #9B8D23 #CDBB2E #DBCD5D #E6DC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDBB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB2E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB2E	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.151 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf73',
    500: '#cdbb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb2e;
$custom-light: #e0cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78405,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB2E

secondary

#868FD0

accent

#54E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB2E

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

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