#CDBE59#CDBE59

#CDBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE59
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -7.41, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 52.53, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0234 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(45.3951, 50.5291, 16.8111)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE59 #5968CD

analogous

#CD8459 #CDBE59 #A2CD59

triadic

#CDBE59 #59CDBE #BE59CD

tetradic

#CDBE59 #59CD84 #5968CD #CD59A2

square

#CDBE59 #59CD84 #5968CD #CD59A2

split-complementary

#CDBE59 #59A2CD #8459CD

monochromatic

#847828 #B3A336 #CDBE59 #DBD088 #E9E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CDBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE59

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE59	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18b',
    500: '#cdbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe59;
$custom-light: #dfd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79395,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.50527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE59

secondary

#3F498B

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE59

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

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