#CDBD89#CDBD89

#CDBD89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.071 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD89
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 137)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -2.08, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 28.46, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0037 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.071 93)
XYZ	xyz(47.8905, 51.1819, 31.0184)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD89 #8999CD

analogous

#CD9B89 #CDBD89 #BBCD89

triadic

#CDBD89 #89CDBD #BD89CD

tetradic

#CDBD89 #89CD9B #8999CD #CD89BB

square

#CDBD89 #89CD9B #8999CD #CD89BB

split-complementary

#CDBD89 #89BBCD #9B89CD

monochromatic

#9A8541 #BBA55E #CDBD89 #DFD5B4 #F1EDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CDBD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD89

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD89	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.071 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd0ac',
    500: '#cdbd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd89;
$custom-light: #ddd0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79922,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.5118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD89

secondary

#5A6AA1

accent

#50B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD89

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

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