#CDBE5B#CDBE5B

#CDBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE5B
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -7.26, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 51.61, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0227 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4802, 50.5631, 17.2595)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE5B #5B6ACD

analogous

#CD855B #CDBE5B #A3CD5B

triadic

#CDBE5B #5BCDBE #BE5BCD

tetradic

#CDBE5B #5BCD85 #5B6ACD #CD5BA3

square

#CDBE5B #5BCD85 #5B6ACD #CD5BA3

split-complementary

#CDBE5B #5BA3CD #855BCD

monochromatic

#857929 #B4A337 #CDBE5B #DBD18A #EAE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CDBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE5B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE5B	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)

#CDB951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18c',
    500: '#cdbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe5b;
$custom-light: #dfd18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79418,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE5B

secondary

#404A8C

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE5B

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

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