#CDBE45#CDBE45

#CDBE45 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 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE45
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -8.75, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 61.20, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0295 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6663, 50.2376, 12.9731)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE45 #4554CD

analogous

#CD7A45 #CDBE45 #98CD45

triadic

#CDBE45 #45CDBE #BE45CD

tetradic

#CDBE45 #45CD7A #4554CD #CD4598

square

#CDBE45 #45CD7A #4554CD #CD4598

split-complementary

#CDBE45 #4598CD #7A45CD

monochromatic

#776E20 #A89A2D #CDBE45 #DACF75 #E7E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CDBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE45

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE45	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17f',
    500: '#cdbe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe45;
$custom-light: #e0d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79196,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE45

secondary

#363E80

accent

#58E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE45

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

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