#CDBE69#CDBE69

#CDBE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.108 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE69
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -6.06, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 44.94, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0178 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.108 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1414, 50.8276, 20.7420)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE69 #6978CD

analogous

#CD8C69 #CDBE69 #AACD69

triadic

#CDBE69 #69CDBE #BE69CD

tetradic

#CDBE69 #69CD8C #6978CD #CD69AA

square

#CDBE69 #69CD8C #6978CD #CD69AA

split-complementary

#CDBE69 #69AACD #8C69CD

monochromatic

#8D7F2F #BBA83E #CDBE69 #DCD297 #ECE6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#CDBE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE69

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE69	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.108 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded196',
    500: '#cdbe69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe69;
$custom-light: #ded196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE69

secondary

#475293

accent

#3FBD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE69

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

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