#CDBE55#CDBE55

#CDBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.127 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE55
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -7.71, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 54.35, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0247 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.127 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2316, 50.4637, 15.9505)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE55 #5564CD

analogous

#CD8255 #CDBE55 #A0CD55

triadic

#CDBE55 #55CDBE #BE55CD

tetradic

#CDBE55 #55CD82 #5564CD #CD55A0

square

#CDBE55 #55CD82 #5564CD #CD55A0

split-complementary

#CDBE55 #55A0CD #8255CD

monochromatic

#827626 #B1A134 #CDBE55 #DBD084 #E9E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#CDBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE55

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE55	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)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.127 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd189',
    500: '#cdbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe55;
$custom-light: #dfd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7935,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE55

secondary

#3D4789

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE55

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

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