#CDBE44#CDBE44

#CDBE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE44
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -8.80, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 61.61, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0298 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6355, 50.2252, 12.8110)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE44 #4453CD

analogous

#CD7944 #CDBE44 #97CD44

triadic

#CDBE44 #44CDBE #BE44CD

tetradic

#CDBE44 #44CD79 #4453CD #CD4497

square

#CDBE44 #44CD79 #4453CD #CD4497

split-complementary

#CDBE44 #4497CD #7944CD

monochromatic

#776D20 #A79A2D #CDBE44 #DACF74 #E7E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#CDBE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE44

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE44	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)

#CFB833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17e',
    500: '#cdbe44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe44;
$custom-light: #e0d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79188,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE44

secondary

#363E7F

accent

#58E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE44

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

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