#CDBD60#CDBD60

#CDBD60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD60
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -6.33, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 48.89, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0195 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4872, 50.2206, 18.3616)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD60 #6070CD

analogous

#CD8760 #CDBD60 #A7CD60

triadic

#CDBD60 #60CDBD #BD60CD

tetradic

#CDBD60 #60CD87 #6070CD #CD60A7

square

#CDBD60 #60CD87 #6070CD #CD60A7

split-complementary

#CDBD60 #60A7CD #8760CD

monochromatic

#887A2B #B6A439 #CDBD60 #DCD08F #EAE4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CDBD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD60

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD60	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)

#CCB857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded090',
    500: '#cdbd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd60;
$custom-light: #ded090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7927,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD60

secondary

#424E8F

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD60

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

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