#CDBE57#CDBE57

#CDBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE57
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -7.56, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 53.44, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0241 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3122, 50.4959, 16.3748)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE57 #5766CD

analogous

#CD8357 #CDBE57 #A1CD57

triadic

#CDBE57 #57CDBE #BE57CD

tetradic

#CDBE57 #57CD83 #5766CD #CD57A1

square

#CDBE57 #57CD83 #5766CD #CD57A1

split-complementary

#CDBE57 #57A1CD #8357CD

monochromatic

#837727 #B2A235 #CDBE57 #DBD086 #E9E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#CDBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE57

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE57	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)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18a',
    500: '#cdbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe57;
$custom-light: #dfd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79372,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE57

secondary

#3E488A

accent

#5DDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE57

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

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