#CDBE52#CDBE52

#CDBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE52
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -7.92, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 55.69, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0257 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1150, 50.4170, 15.3360)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE52 #5261CD

analogous

#CD8152 #CDBE52 #9FCD52

triadic

#CDBE52 #52CDBE #BE52CD

tetradic

#CDBE52 #52CD81 #5261CD #CD529F

square

#CDBE52 #52CD81 #5261CD #CD529F

split-complementary

#CDBE52 #529FCD #8152CD

monochromatic

#807525 #AFA033 #CDBE52 #DBD081 #E8E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#CDBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE52

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE52	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#CEB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd187',
    500: '#cdbe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe52;
$custom-light: #dfd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79319,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE52

secondary

#3C4587

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE52

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

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