#CDBE62#CDBE62

#CDBE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE62
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -6.68, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 48.32, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0203 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7963, 50.6896, 18.9246)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE62 #6271CD

analogous

#CD8962 #CDBE62 #A7CD62

triadic

#CDBE62 #62CDBE #BE62CD

tetradic

#CDBE62 #62CD89 #6271CD #CD62A7

square

#CDBE62 #62CD89 #6271CD #CD62A7

split-complementary

#CDBE62 #62A7CD #8962CD

monochromatic

#897C2C #B7A63A #CDBE62 #DCD190 #EBE4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#CDBE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE62

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE62	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded191',
    500: '#cdbe62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe62;
$custom-light: #ded191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79504,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE62

secondary

#434E90

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE62

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

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