#CDBD5F#CDBD5F

#CDBD5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD5F
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -6.42, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 49.36, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0199 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4415, 50.2023, 18.1206)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD5F #5F6FCD

analogous

#CD865F #CDBD5F #A6CD5F

triadic

#CDBD5F #5FCDBD #BD5FCD

tetradic

#CDBD5F #5FCD86 #5F6FCD #CD5FA6

square

#CDBD5F #5FCD86 #5F6FCD #CD5FA6

split-complementary

#CDBD5F #5FA6CD #865FCD

monochromatic

#877A2A #B6A439 #CDBD5F #DCD08E #EAE3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CDBD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD5F

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD5F	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)

#CCB856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded08f',
    500: '#cdbd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd5f;
$custom-light: #ded08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79257,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD5F

secondary

#424D8E

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD5F

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

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