#CDBE36#CDBE36

#CDBE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.149 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE36
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -9.50, 66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 66.85, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0332 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.149 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2581, 50.0743, 10.8234)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE36 #3645CD

analogous

#CD7236 #CDBE36 #90CD36

triadic

#CDBE36 #36CDBE #BE36CD

tetradic

#CDBE36 #36CD72 #3645CD #CD3690

square

#CDBE36 #36CD72 #3645CD #CD3690

split-complementary

#CDBE36 #3690CD #7236CD

monochromatic

#6D651B #9E9327 #CDBE36 #D9CE67 #E5DE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CDBE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE36

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE36	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.149 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d177',
    500: '#cdbe36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe36;
$custom-light: #e0d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.04,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79085,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE36

secondary

#303777

accent

#54E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE36

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

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