#CDBE43#CDBE43

#CDBE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.141 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE43
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -8.86, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 62.01, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.03 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.141 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6053, 50.2131, 12.6516)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE43 #4352CD

analogous

#CD7943 #CDBE43 #97CD43

triadic

#CDBE43 #43CDBE #BE43CD

tetradic

#CDBE43 #43CD79 #4352CD #CD4397

square

#CDBE43 #43CD79 #4352CD #CD4397

split-complementary

#CDBE43 #4397CD #7943CD

monochromatic

#766D1F #A7992C #CDBE43 #DACF73 #E7DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CDBE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE43

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE43	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)

#CFB832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.141 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17e',
    500: '#cdbe43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe43;
$custom-light: #e0d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7918,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE43

secondary

#363D7F

accent

#57E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE43

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

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