#CDBE60#CDBE60

#CDBE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE60
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -6.85, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 49.27, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.021 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7031, 50.6523, 18.4335)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE60 #606FCD

analogous

#CD8860 #CDBE60 #A6CD60

triadic

#CDBE60 #60CDBE #BE60CD

tetradic

#CDBE60 #60CD88 #606FCD #CD60A6

square

#CDBE60 #60CD88 #606FCD #CD60A6

split-complementary

#CDBE60 #60A6CD #8860CD

monochromatic

#887B2B #B6A539 #CDBE60 #DCD18F #EAE4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CDBE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE60

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE60	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)

#CDB957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded190',
    500: '#cdbe60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe60;
$custom-light: #ded190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE60

secondary

#424D8F

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE60

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

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