#CDBE7B#CDBE7B

#CDBE7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.088 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE7B
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 123)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 40%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -4.24, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 35.99, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0109 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.088 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1664, 51.2376, 26.1403)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE7B #7B8ACD

analogous

#CD957B #CDBE7B #B3CD7B

triadic

#CDBE7B #7BCDBE #BE7BCD

tetradic

#CDBE7B #7BCD95 #7B8ACD #CD7BB3

square

#CDBE7B #7BCD95 #7B8ACD #CD7BB3

split-complementary

#CDBE7B #7BB3CD #957BCD

monochromatic

#958438 #BCA84F #CDBE7B #DED4A7 #EFEAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CDBE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE7B

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE7B	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.088 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1a2',
    500: '#cdbe7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe7b;
$custom-light: #ddd1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.024,
    "s": 45.055,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79875,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE7B

secondary

#515E9B

accent

#47B82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE7B

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

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