#CDBE56#CDBE56

#CDBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE56
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -7.63, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 53.90, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0244 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2716, 50.4797, 16.1612)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE56 #5665CD

analogous

#CD8356 #CDBE56 #A1CD56

triadic

#CDBE56 #56CDBE #BE56CD

tetradic

#CDBE56 #56CD83 #5665CD #CD56A1

square

#CDBE56 #56CD83 #5665CD #CD56A1

split-complementary

#CDBE56 #56A1CD #8356CD

monochromatic

#827726 #B1A234 #CDBE56 #DBD085 #E9E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#CDBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE56

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE56	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd189',
    500: '#cdbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe56;
$custom-light: #dfd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79361,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE56

secondary

#3E4789

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE56

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

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