#CDBE3F#CDBE3F

#CDBE3F 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	#CDBE3F
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -9.07, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 63.57, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0311 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4894, 50.1668, 12.0414)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE3F #3F4ECD

analogous

#CD773F #CDBE3F #95CD3F

triadic

#CDBE3F #3FCDBE #BE3FCD

tetradic

#CDBE3F #3FCD77 #3F4ECD #CD3F95

square

#CDBE3F #3FCD77 #3F4ECD #CD3F95

split-complementary

#CDBE3F #3F95CD #773FCD

monochromatic

#746A1E #A4972B #CDBE3F #DACE70 #E6DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#CDBE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE3F

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE3F	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)

#CFB82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17c',
    500: '#cdbe3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe3f;
$custom-light: #e0d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79148,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE3F

secondary

#343C7C

accent

#56E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE3F

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

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