#CDBE5D#CDBE5D

#CDBE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.120 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE5D
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -7.10, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 50.68, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0221 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.12 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5676, 50.5981, 17.7199)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE5D #5D6CCD

analogous

#CD865D #CDBE5D #A4CD5D

triadic

#CDBE5D #5DCDBE #BE5DCD

tetradic

#CDBE5D #5DCD86 #5D6CCD #CD5DA4

square

#CDBE5D #5DCD86 #5D6CCD #CD5DA4

split-complementary

#CDBE5D #5DA4CD #865DCD

monochromatic

#867A29 #B5A438 #CDBE5D #DBD18C #EAE4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CDBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE5D

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE5D	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)

#CDB954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.120 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18e',
    500: '#cdbe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe5d;
$custom-light: #dfd18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79442,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE5D

secondary

#414B8D

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE5D

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

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