#CDBE5E#CDBE5E

#CDBE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE5E
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -7.02, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 50.21, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0217 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6122, 50.6159, 17.9547)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE5E #5E6DCD

analogous

#CD865E #CDBE5E #A4CD5E

triadic

#CDBE5E #5ECDBE #BE5ECD

tetradic

#CDBE5E #5ECD86 #5E6DCD #CD5EA4

square

#CDBE5E #5ECD86 #5E6DCD #CD5EA4

split-complementary

#CDBE5E #5EA4CD #865ECD

monochromatic

#877A2A #B5A538 #CDBE5E #DCD18D #EAE4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CDBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE5E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE5E	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)

#CDB955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd18e',
    500: '#cdbe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe5e;
$custom-light: #dfd18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79454,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE5E

secondary

#414C8E

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE5E

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

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