#CDBE3E#CDBE3E

#CDBE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.144 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE3E
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -9.12, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 63.95, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0313 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4617, 50.1557, 11.8955)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE3E #3E4DCD

analogous

#CD763E #CDBE3E #95CD3E

triadic

#CDBE3E #3ECDBE #BE3ECD

tetradic

#CDBE3E #3ECD76 #3E4DCD #CD3E95

square

#CDBE3E #3ECD76 #3E4DCD #CD3E95

split-complementary

#CDBE3E #3E95CD #763ECD

monochromatic

#736A1E #A3972A #CDBE3E #DACE6F #E6DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#CDBE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE3E

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE3E	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17b',
    500: '#cdbe3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe3e;
$custom-light: #e0d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7914,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE3E

secondary

#343B7C

accent

#56E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE3E

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

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