#CDBE78#CDBE78

#CDBE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.092 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE78
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -4.57, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 37.50, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0121 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.092 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9815, 51.1636, 25.1664)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE78 #7887CD

analogous

#CD9378 #CDBE78 #B1CD78

triadic

#CDBE78 #78CDBE #BE78CD

tetradic

#CDBE78 #78CD93 #7887CD #CD78B1

square

#CDBE78 #78CD93 #7887CD #CD78B1

split-complementary

#CDBE78 #78B1CD #9378CD

monochromatic

#948337 #BCA84B #CDBE78 #DED4A5 #EEE9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CDBE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE78

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE78	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)

#CBBA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.092 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1a0',
    500: '#cdbe78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe78;
$custom-light: #ddd1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79825,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE78

secondary

#4F5C9A

accent

#45B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE78

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

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