#CDBB5B#CDBB5B

#CDBB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB5B
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -5.70, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 50.50, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0183 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.119 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8371, 49.2769, 17.0451)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB5B #5B6DCD

analogous

#CD825B #CDBB5B #A6CD5B

triadic

#CDBB5B #5BCDBB #BB5BCD

tetradic

#CDBB5B #5BCD82 #5B6DCD #CD5BA6

square

#CDBB5B #5BCD82 #5B6DCD #CD5BA6

split-complementary

#CDBB5B #5BA6CD #825BCD

monochromatic

#857629 #B4A037 #CDBB5B #DBCE8A #EAE2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CDBB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#CDBB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB5B

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB5B	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf8c',
    500: '#cdbb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb5b;
$custom-light: #dfcf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78791,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB5B

secondary

#ABB2D9

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB5B

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

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