#CDBE79#CDBE79

#CDBE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.090 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE79
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -4.46, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 37.00, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0117 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.09 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0425, 51.1880, 25.4877)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE79 #7988CD

analogous

#CD9479 #CDBE79 #B2CD79

triadic

#CDBE79 #79CDBE #BE79CD

tetradic

#CDBE79 #79CD94 #7988CD #CD79B2

square

#CDBE79 #79CD94 #7988CD #CD79B2

split-complementary

#CDBE79 #79B2CD #9479CD

monochromatic

#948437 #BCA84C #CDBE79 #DED4A6 #EEE9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CDBE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE79

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE79	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.090 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1a0',
    500: '#cdbe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe79;
$custom-light: #ddd1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79841,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE79

secondary

#505D9B

accent

#46B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE79

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

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