#CDBD61#CDBD61

#CDBD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD61
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -6.25, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 48.41, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0192 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5336, 50.2391, 18.6056)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD61 #6171CD

analogous

#CD8761 #CDBD61 #A7CD61

triadic

#CDBD61 #61CDBD #BD61CD

tetradic

#CDBD61 #61CD87 #6171CD #CD61A7

square

#CDBD61 #61CD87 #6171CD #CD61A7

split-complementary

#CDBD61 #61A7CD #8761CD

monochromatic

#887B2B #B7A43A #CDBD61 #DCD08F #EAE4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CDBD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD61

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD61	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded090',
    500: '#cdbd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd61;
$custom-light: #ded090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79282,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD61

secondary

#434E8F

accent

#62DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD61

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

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