#CDBD5E#CDBD5E

#CDBD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD5E
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -6.50, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 49.83, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0202 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3963, 50.1842, 17.8828)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD5E #5E6ECD

analogous

#CD855E #CDBD5E #A5CD5E

triadic

#CDBD5E #5ECDBD #BD5ECD

tetradic

#CDBD5E #5ECD85 #5E6ECD #CD5EA5

square

#CDBD5E #5ECD85 #5E6ECD #CD5EA5

split-complementary

#CDBD5E #5EA5CD #855ECD

monochromatic

#87792A #B5A338 #CDBD5E #DCD08D #EAE3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CDBD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD5E

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD5E	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd08e',
    500: '#cdbd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd5e;
$custom-light: #dfd08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79245,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD5E

secondary

#414C8E

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD5E

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

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