#CDBC61#CDBC61

#CDBC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC61
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -5.73, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 48.04, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0177 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3192, 49.8104, 18.5341)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC61 #6172CD

analogous

#CD8661 #CDBC61 #A8CD61

triadic

#CDBC61 #61CDBC #BC61CD

tetradic

#CDBC61 #61CD86 #6172CD #CD61A8

square

#CDBC61 #61CD86 #6172CD #CD61A8

split-complementary

#CDBC61 #61A8CD #8661CD

monochromatic

#887A2B #B7A33A #CDBC61 #DCD08F #EAE3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CDBC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC61

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC61	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf90',
    500: '#cdbc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc61;
$custom-light: #decf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79074,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC61

secondary

#B0B6DA

accent

#63DB4C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC61

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

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