#CDBE49#CDBE49

#CDBE49 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 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE49
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -8.51, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 59.56, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0284 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(44.7947, 50.2889, 13.6492)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE49 #4958CD

analogous

#CD7C49 #CDBE49 #9ACD49

triadic

#CDBE49 #49CDBE #BE49CD

tetradic

#CDBE49 #49CD7C #4958CD #CD499A

square

#CDBE49 #49CD7C #4958CD #CD499A

split-complementary

#CDBE49 #499ACD #7C49CD

monochromatic

#7A7022 #AA9C2F #CDBE49 #DACF79 #E7E0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#CDBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE49

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE49	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd181',
    500: '#cdbe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe49;
$custom-light: #dfd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79231,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.50287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE49

secondary

#384082

accent

#59E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE49

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

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