#CDBE5A#CDBE5A

#CDBE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE5A
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -7.33, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 52.07, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0231 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4373, 50.5460, 17.0338)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE5A #5A69CD

analogous

#CD845A #CDBE5A #A2CD5A

triadic

#CDBE5A #5ACDBE #BE5ACD

tetradic

#CDBE5A #5ACD84 #5A69CD #CD5AA2

square

#CDBE5A #5ACD84 #5A69CD #CD5AA2

split-complementary

#CDBE5A #5AA2CD #845ACD

monochromatic

#847828 #B3A336 #CDBE5A #DBD189 #E9E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CDBE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE5A

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE5A	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)

#CEB950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18c',
    500: '#cdbe5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe5a;
$custom-light: #dfd18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79406,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE5A

secondary

#40498C

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE5A

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

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