#CDBE4E#CDBE4E

#CDBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE4E
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -8.19, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 57.44, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0269 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9672, 50.3579, 14.5577)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE4E #4E5DCD

analogous

#CD7E4E #CDBE4E #9DCD4E

triadic

#CDBE4E #4ECDBE #BE4ECD

tetradic

#CDBE4E #4ECD7E #4E5DCD #CD4E9D

square

#CDBE4E #4ECD7E #4E5DCD #CD4E9D

split-complementary

#CDBE4E #4E9DCD #7E4ECD

monochromatic

#7D7323 #AD9E31 #CDBE4E #DAD07E #E8E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#CDBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE4E

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE4E	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)

#CEB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd184',
    500: '#cdbe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe4e;
$custom-light: #dfd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79278,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE4E

secondary

#3A4385

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE4E

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

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