#CDBE68#CDBE68

#CDBE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE68
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -6.15, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 45.43, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0182 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0903, 50.8072, 20.4729)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE68 #6877CD

analogous

#CD8B68 #CDBE68 #A9CD68

triadic

#CDBE68 #68CDBE #BE68CD

tetradic

#CDBE68 #68CD8B #6877CD #CD68A9

square

#CDBE68 #68CD8B #6877CD #CD68A9

split-complementary

#CDBE68 #68A9CD #8B68CD

monochromatic

#8C7E2E #BAA83E #CDBE68 #DCD296 #EBE6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CDBE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE68

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE68	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded195',
    500: '#cdbe68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe68;
$custom-light: #ded195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79584,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE68

secondary

#465293

accent

#3EBE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE68

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

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