#CDBE66#CDBE66

#CDBE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE66
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -6.33, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 46.40, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0189 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9899, 50.7670, 19.9443)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE66 #6675CD

analogous

#CD8A66 #CDBE66 #A9CD66

triadic

#CDBE66 #66CDBE #BE66CD

tetradic

#CDBE66 #66CD8A #6675CD #CD66A9

square

#CDBE66 #66CD8A #6675CD #CD66A9

split-complementary

#CDBE66 #66A9CD #8A66CD

monochromatic

#8B7D2D #B9A73D #CDBE66 #DCD294 #EBE5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#CDBE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE66

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE66	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)

#CDB95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded194',
    500: '#cdbe66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe66;
$custom-light: #ded194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79556,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE66

secondary

#455192

accent

#3DBE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE66

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

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