#CDBE4D#CDBE4D

#CDBE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE4D
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -8.26, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 57.87, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0272 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9316, 50.3437, 14.3703)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE4D #4D5CCD

analogous

#CD7E4D #CDBE4D #9CCD4D

triadic

#CDBE4D #4DCDBE #BE4DCD

tetradic

#CDBE4D #4DCD7E #4D5CCD #CD4D9C

square

#CDBE4D #4DCD7E #4D5CCD #CD4D9C

split-complementary

#CDBE4D #4D9CCD #7E4DCD

monochromatic

#7D7223 #AC9E30 #CDBE4D #DACF7D #E8E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#CDBE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE4D

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE4D	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)

#CEB840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd184',
    500: '#cdbe4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe4d;
$custom-light: #dfd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79269,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE4D

secondary

#3A4284

accent

#5ADF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE4D

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

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