#CDBE5C#CDBE5C

#CDBE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE5C
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -7.18, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 51.14, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0224 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5236, 50.5805, 17.4882)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE5C #5C6BCD

analogous

#CD855C #CDBE5C #A4CD5C

triadic

#CDBE5C #5CCDBE #BE5CCD

tetradic

#CDBE5C #5CCD85 #5C6BCD #CD5CA4

square

#CDBE5C #5CCD85 #5C6BCD #CD5CA4

split-complementary

#CDBE5C #5CA4CD #855CCD

monochromatic

#867929 #B4A437 #CDBE5C #DBD18B #EAE3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CDBE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE5C

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE5C	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18d',
    500: '#cdbe5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe5c;
$custom-light: #dfd18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7943,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE5C

secondary

#404B8D

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE5C

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

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