#CDBD8A#CDBD8A

#CDBD8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.070 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD8A
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -1.96, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 27.95, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0033 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.07 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9625, 51.2107, 31.3980)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD8A #8A9ACD

analogous

#CD9C8A #CDBD8A #BBCD8A

triadic

#CDBD8A #8ACDBD #BD8ACD

tetradic

#CDBD8A #8ACD9C #8A9ACD #CD8ABB

square

#CDBD8A #8ACD9C #8A9ACD #CD8ABB

split-complementary

#CDBD8A #8ABBCD #9C8ACD

monochromatic

#9B8542 #BBA55F #CDBD8A #DFD5B5 #F2EDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CDBD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD8A

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD8A	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)

#C8BB87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.070 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd0ac',
    500: '#cdbd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd8a;
$custom-light: #ddd0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79942,
    "c": 0.06982,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD8A

secondary

#5A6BA1

accent

#51B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD8A

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

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