#CDBE73#CDBE73

#CDBE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.097 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE73
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -5.09, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 40.01, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.014 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.097 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6859, 51.0454, 23.6099)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE73 #7382CD

analogous

#CD9173 #CDBE73 #AFCD73

triadic

#CDBE73 #73CDBE #BE73CD

tetradic

#CDBE73 #73CD91 #7382CD #CD73AF

square

#CDBE73 #73CD91 #7382CD #CD73AF

split-complementary

#CDBE73 #73AFCD #9173CD

monochromatic

#928234 #BDA946 #CDBE73 #DDD3A0 #EDE8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CDBE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE73

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE73	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.097 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded19c',
    500: '#cdbe73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe73;
$custom-light: #ded19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79745,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE73

secondary

#4C5998

accent

#43BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE73

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

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