#CDBD62#CDBD62

#CDBD62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD62
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -6.17, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 47.94, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0188 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5805, 50.2579, 18.8527)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD62 #6272CD

analogous

#CD8862 #CDBD62 #A8CD62

triadic

#CDBD62 #62CDBD #BD62CD

tetradic

#CDBD62 #62CD88 #6272CD #CD62A8

square

#CDBD62 #62CD88 #6272CD #CD62A8

split-complementary

#CDBD62 #62A8CD #8862CD

monochromatic

#897B2C #B7A53A #CDBD62 #DCD190 #EBE4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CDBD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD62

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD62	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)

#CCB85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded091',
    500: '#cdbd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd62;
$custom-light: #ded091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD62

secondary

#434F90

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD62

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

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