#CDBE6D#CDBE6D

#CDBE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.104 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE6D
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -5.69, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 42.98, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0163 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.104 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3519, 50.9118, 21.8504)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE6D #6D7CCD

analogous

#CD8E6D #CDBE6D #ACCD6D

triadic

#CDBE6D #6DCDBE #BE6DCD

tetradic

#CDBE6D #6DCD8E #6D7CCD #CD6DAC

square

#CDBE6D #6DCD8E #6D7CCD #CD6DAC

split-complementary

#CDBE6D #6DACCD #8E6DCD

monochromatic

#8F8031 #BCA940 #CDBE6D #DDD29B #ECE7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CDBE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE6D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE6D	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.104 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded198',
    500: '#cdbe6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe6d;
$custom-light: #ded198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79654,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE6D

secondary

#495595

accent

#40BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE6D

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

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