#CDBE48#CDBE48

#CDBE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE48
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -8.57, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 59.98, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0287 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(44.7618, 50.2758, 13.4760)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE48 #4857CD

analogous

#CD7C48 #CDBE48 #9ACD48

triadic

#CDBE48 #48CDBE #BE48CD

tetradic

#CDBE48 #48CD7C #4857CD #CD489A

square

#CDBE48 #48CD7C #4857CD #CD489A

split-complementary

#CDBE48 #489ACD #7C48CD

monochromatic

#796F21 #A99C2E #CDBE48 #DACF78 #E7E0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CDBE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE48

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE48	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)

#CFB839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd181',
    500: '#cdbe48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe48;
$custom-light: #dfd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79222,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.50274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE48

secondary

#384082

accent

#59E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE48

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

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