#CDBE2E#CDBE2E

#CDBE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.154 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE2E
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -9.82, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 69.47, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0348 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.154 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0855, 50.0052, 9.9140)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE2E #2E3DCD

analogous

#CD6F2E #CDBE2E #8CCD2E

triadic

#CDBE2E #2ECDBE #BE2ECD

tetradic

#CDBE2E #2ECD6F #2E3DCD #CD2E8C

square

#CDBE2E #2ECD6F #2E3DCD #CD2E8C

split-complementary

#CDBE2E #2E8CCD #6F2ECD

monochromatic

#696118 #9B9023 #CDBE2E #DBCF5D #E6DE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#CDBE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE2E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE2E	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.154 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d173',
    500: '#cdbe2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe2e;
$custom-light: #e0d173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79038,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE2E

secondary

#2C3373

accent

#51E641

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE2E

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

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