#CDBE5F#CDBE5F

#CDBE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE5F
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -6.93, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 49.74, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0214 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6573, 50.6340, 18.1926)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE5F #5F6ECD

analogous

#CD875F #CDBE5F #A5CD5F

triadic

#CDBE5F #5FCDBE #BE5FCD

tetradic

#CDBE5F #5FCD87 #5F6ECD #CD5FA5

square

#CDBE5F #5FCD87 #5F6ECD #CD5FA5

split-complementary

#CDBE5F #5FA5CD #875FCD

monochromatic

#877B2A #B6A539 #CDBE5F #DCD18E #EAE4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CDBE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE5F

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE5F	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded18f',
    500: '#cdbe5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe5f;
$custom-light: #ded18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79466,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE5F

secondary

#424C8E

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE5F

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

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