#CDBD72#CDBD72

#CDBD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.097 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD72
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -4.67, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 40.12, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0129 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.097 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4129, 50.5908, 23.2365)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD72 #7282CD

analogous

#CD9072 #CDBD72 #AFCD72

triadic

#CDBD72 #72CDBD #BD72CD

tetradic

#CDBD72 #72CD90 #7282CD #CD72AF

square

#CDBD72 #72CD90 #7282CD #CD72AF

split-complementary

#CDBD72 #72AFCD #9072CD

monochromatic

#918133 #BDA845 #CDBD72 #DDD29F #EDE7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CDBD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD72

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD72	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.097 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded09c',
    500: '#cdbd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd72;
$custom-light: #ded09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79522,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD72

secondary

#4C5997

accent

#44BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD72

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

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