#CDBE4F#CDBE4F

#CDBE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.132 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE4F
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -8.13, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 57.00, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0266 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.132 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0033, 50.3724, 14.7479)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE4F #4F5ECD

analogous

#CD7F4F #CDBE4F #9DCD4F

triadic

#CDBE4F #4FCDBE #BE4FCD

tetradic

#CDBE4F #4FCD7F #4F5ECD #CD4F9D

square

#CDBE4F #4FCD7F #4F5ECD #CD4F9D

split-complementary

#CDBE4F #4F9DCD #7F4FCD

monochromatic

#7E7324 #AE9F31 #CDBE4F #DBD07F #E8E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#CDBE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE4F

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE4F	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)

#CEB942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.132 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd185',
    500: '#cdbe4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe4f;
$custom-light: #dfd185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79288,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE4F

secondary

#3B4486

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE4F

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

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