#CDBE74#CDBE74

#CDBE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.096 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE74
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -4.99, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 39.51, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0136 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.096 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7438, 51.0686, 23.9145)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE74 #7483CD

analogous

#CD9174 #CDBE74 #AFCD74

triadic

#CDBE74 #74CDBE #BE74CD

tetradic

#CDBE74 #74CD91 #7483CD #CD74AF

square

#CDBE74 #74CD91 #7483CD #CD74AF

split-complementary

#CDBE74 #74AFCD #9174CD

monochromatic

#928235 #BDA947 #CDBE74 #DDD3A1 #EDE8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CDBE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE74

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE74	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)

#CBBA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.096 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded19d',
    500: '#cdbe74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe74;
$custom-light: #ded19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.888,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79761,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE74

secondary

#4D5A98

accent

#43BA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE74

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

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