#CDBE50#CDBE50

#CDBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE50
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -8.06, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 56.57, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0263 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0400, 50.3870, 14.9411)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE50 #505FCD

analogous

#CD7F50 #CDBE50 #9DCD50

triadic

#CDBE50 #50CDBE #BE50CD

tetradic

#CDBE50 #50CD7F #505FCD #CD509D

square

#CDBE50 #50CD7F #505FCD #CD509D

split-complementary

#CDBE50 #509DCD #7F50CD

monochromatic

#7E7424 #AE9F32 #CDBE50 #DBD080 #E8E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#CDBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE50

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE50	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd185',
    500: '#cdbe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe50;
$custom-light: #dfd185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79298,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE50

secondary

#3B4486

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE50

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

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