#CDBE77#CDBE77

#CDBE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.093 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE77
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -4.68, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 38.01, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0125 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.093 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9211, 51.1395, 24.8485)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE77 #7786CD

analogous

#CD9377 #CDBE77 #B1CD77

triadic

#CDBE77 #77CDBE #BE77CD

tetradic

#CDBE77 #77CD93 #7786CD #CD77B1

square

#CDBE77 #77CD93 #7786CD #CD77B1

split-complementary

#CDBE77 #77B1CD #9377CD

monochromatic

#938336 #BDA94A #CDBE77 #DDD3A4 #EEE9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CDBE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE77

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE77	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.093 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded19f',
    500: '#cdbe77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe77;
$custom-light: #ded19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79808,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE77

secondary

#4F5C9A

accent

#45B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE77

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

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