#CDBE53#CDBE53

#CDBE53 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 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE53
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -7.85, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 55.24, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0254 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1533, 50.4324, 15.5379)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE53 #5362CD

analogous

#CD8153 #CDBE53 #9FCD53

triadic

#CDBE53 #53CDBE #BE53CD

tetradic

#CDBE53 #53CD81 #5362CD #CD539F

square

#CDBE53 #53CD81 #5362CD #CD539F

split-complementary

#CDBE53 #539FCD #8153CD

monochromatic

#807525 #B0A033 #CDBE53 #DBD082 #E9E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#CDBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE53

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE53	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd187',
    500: '#cdbe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe53;
$custom-light: #dfd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79329,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE53

secondary

#3C4688

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE53

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

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