#CDBE42#CDBE42

#CDBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE42
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -8.91, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 62.40, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0303 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5755, 50.2012, 12.4950)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE42 #4251CD

analogous

#CD7842 #CDBE42 #96CD42

triadic

#CDBE42 #42CDBE #BE42CD

tetradic

#CDBE42 #42CD78 #4251CD #CD4296

square

#CDBE42 #42CD78 #4251CD #CD4296

split-complementary

#CDBE42 #4296CD #7842CD

monochromatic

#766C1F #A6992C #CDBE42 #DACF72 #E7DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CDBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE42

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE42	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17d',
    500: '#cdbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe42;
$custom-light: #e0d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79172,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE42

secondary

#353D7E

accent

#57E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE42

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

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