#CDBC2E#CDBC2E

#CDBC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.152 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC2E
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -8.80, 68.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 68.85, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0319 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.152 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6553, 49.1448, 9.7706)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC2E #2E3FCD

analogous

#CD6D2E #CDBC2E #8FCD2E

triadic

#CDBC2E #2ECDBC #BC2ECD

tetradic

#CDBC2E #2ECD6D #2E3FCD #CD2E8F

square

#CDBC2E #2ECD6D #2E3FCD #CD2E8F

split-complementary

#CDBC2E #2E8FCD #6D2ECD

monochromatic

#696018 #9B8E23 #CDBC2E #DBCD5D #E6DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CDBC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#CDBC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC2E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC2E	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.152 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf73',
    500: '#cdbc2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc2e;
$custom-light: #e0cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.585,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.15205,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC2E

secondary

#868ED0

accent

#53E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC2E

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

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