#CDBD7E#CDBD7E

#CDBD7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.084 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD7E
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 126)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -3.39, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 34.07, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0082 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.084 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1413, 50.8822, 27.0726)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD7E #7E8ECD

analogous

#CD967E #CDBD7E #B6CD7E

triadic

#CDBD7E #7ECDBD #BD7ECD

tetradic

#CDBD7E #7ECD96 #7E8ECD #CD7EB6

square

#CDBD7E #7ECD96 #7E8ECD #CD7EB6

split-complementary

#CDBD7E #7EB6CD #967ECD

monochromatic

#96843A #BCA652 #CDBD7E #DED4AA #EFEAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CDBD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD7E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD7E	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.084 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd0a4',
    500: '#cdbd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd7e;
$custom-light: #ddd0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7972,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD7E

secondary

#53629D

accent

#4AB72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD7E

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

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