#CDBE46#CDBE46

#CDBE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE46
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -8.69, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 60.80, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0292 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6976, 50.2501, 13.1380)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE46 #4655CD

analogous

#CD7B46 #CDBE46 #99CD46

triadic

#CDBE46 #46CDBE #BE46CD

tetradic

#CDBE46 #46CD7B #4655CD #CD4699

square

#CDBE46 #46CD7B #4655CD #CD4699

split-complementary

#CDBE46 #4699CD #7B46CD

monochromatic

#786E20 #A89B2D #CDBE46 #DACF76 #E7E0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CDBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE46

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE46	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)

#CFB836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d17f',
    500: '#cdbe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe46;
$custom-light: #e0d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79205,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE46

secondary

#373F80

accent

#58E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE46

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

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