#CDBE61#CDBE61

#CDBE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE61
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -6.77, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 48.79, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0207 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7494, 50.6708, 18.6775)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE61 #6170CD

analogous

#CD8861 #CDBE61 #A6CD61

triadic

#CDBE61 #61CDBE #BE61CD

tetradic

#CDBE61 #61CD88 #6170CD #CD61A6

square

#CDBE61 #61CD88 #6170CD #CD61A6

split-complementary

#CDBE61 #61A6CD #8861CD

monochromatic

#887B2B #B7A63A #CDBE61 #DCD18F #EAE4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CDBE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE61

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE61	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)

#CDB958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded190',
    500: '#cdbe61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe61;
$custom-light: #ded190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79491,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE61

secondary

#434E8F

accent

#60DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE61

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

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