#CDBD4E#CDBD4E

#CDBD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD4E
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -7.68, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 57.08, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0254 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7513, 49.9262, 14.4857)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD4E #4E5ECD

analogous

#CD7D4E #CDBD4E #9DCD4E

triadic

#CDBD4E #4ECDBD #BD4ECD

tetradic

#CDBD4E #4ECD7D #4E5ECD #CD4E9D

square

#CDBD4E #4ECD7D #4E5ECD #CD4E9D

split-complementary

#CDBD4E #4E9DCD #7D4ECD

monochromatic

#7D7223 #AD9D31 #CDBD4E #DACF7E #E8E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CDBD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD4E

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD4E	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd084',
    500: '#cdbd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd4e;
$custom-light: #dfd084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79068,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD4E

secondary

#A1A8D6

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD4E

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

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