#CDBE65#CDBE65

#CDBE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE65
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -6.42, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 46.88, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0192 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9407, 50.7473, 19.6847)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE65 #6574CD

analogous

#CD8A65 #CDBE65 #A8CD65

triadic

#CDBE65 #65CDBE #BE65CD

tetradic

#CDBE65 #65CD8A #6574CD #CD65A8

square

#CDBE65 #65CD8A #6574CD #CD65A8

split-complementary

#CDBE65 #65A8CD #8A65CD

monochromatic

#8B7D2D #B9A73C #CDBE65 #DCD193 #EBE5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#CDBE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE65

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE65	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded193',
    500: '#cdbe65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe65;
$custom-light: #ded193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79543,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE65

secondary

#455091

accent

#62DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE65

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

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