#CDBE4C#CDBE4C

#CDBE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE4C
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -8.32, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 58.30, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0275 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8966, 50.3297, 14.1858)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE4C #4C5BCD

analogous

#CD7D4C #CDBE4C #9CCD4C

triadic

#CDBE4C #4CCDBE #BE4CCD

tetradic

#CDBE4C #4CCD7D #4C5BCD #CD4C9C

square

#CDBE4C #4CCD7D #4C5BCD #CD4C9C

split-complementary

#CDBE4C #4C9CCD #7D4CCD

monochromatic

#7C7223 #AC9D30 #CDBE4C #DACF7C #E8E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#CDBE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE4C

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE4C	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd183',
    500: '#cdbe4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe4c;
$custom-light: #dfd183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79259,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE4C

secondary

#394284

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE4C

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

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