#CDBE54#CDBE54

#CDBE54 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.128 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE54
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 84)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -7.78, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 54.80, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.025 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.128 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1922, 50.4479, 15.7427)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE54 #5463CD

analogous

#CD8254 #CDBE54 #A0CD54

triadic

#CDBE54 #54CDBE #BE54CD

tetradic

#CDBE54 #54CD82 #5463CD #CD54A0

square

#CDBE54 #54CD82 #5463CD #CD54A0

split-complementary

#CDBE54 #54A0CD #8254CD

monochromatic

#817626 #B0A134 #CDBE54 #DBD083 #E9E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#CDBE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE54

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE54	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)

#CEB949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.128 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd188',
    500: '#cdbe54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe54;
$custom-light: #dfd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7934,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE54

secondary

#3D4688

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE54

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

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