#CDBE4B#CDBE4B

#CDBE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE4B
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -8.38, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 58.72, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0278 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8621, 50.3159, 14.0041)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE4B #4B5ACD

analogous

#CD7D4B #CDBE4B #9BCD4B

triadic

#CDBE4B #4BCDBE #BE4BCD

tetradic

#CDBE4B #4BCD7D #4B5ACD #CD4B9B

square

#CDBE4B #4BCD7D #4B5ACD #CD4B9B

split-complementary

#CDBE4B #4B9BCD #7D4BCD

monochromatic

#7B7122 #AB9D30 #CDBE4B #DACF7B #E8E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#CDBE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE4B

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE4B	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)

#CEB83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd182',
    500: '#cdbe4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe4b;
$custom-light: #dfd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7925,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE4B

secondary

#394183

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE4B

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

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