#CDBE47#CDBE47

#CDBE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE47
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -8.63, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 60.39, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0289 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7294, 50.2628, 13.3056)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE47 #4756CD

analogous

#CD7B47 #CDBE47 #99CD47

triadic

#CDBE47 #47CDBE #BE47CD

tetradic

#CDBE47 #47CD7B #4756CD #CD4799

square

#CDBE47 #47CD7B #4756CD #CD4799

split-complementary

#CDBE47 #4799CD #7B47CD

monochromatic

#796F21 #A99B2E #CDBE47 #DACF77 #E7E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CDBE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE47

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE47	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)

#CFB838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd180',
    500: '#cdbe47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe47;
$custom-light: #dfd180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79213,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE47

secondary

#373F81

accent

#58E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE47

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

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