#CDBE7D#CDBE7D

#CDBE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.086 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE7D
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 125)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -4.02, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 34.97, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0101 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.086 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2929, 51.2882, 26.8064)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE7D #7D8CCD

analogous

#CD967D #CDBE7D #B4CD7D

triadic

#CDBE7D #7DCDBE #BE7DCD

tetradic

#CDBE7D #7DCD96 #7D8CCD #CD7DB4

square

#CDBE7D #7DCD96 #7D8CCD #CD7DB4

split-complementary

#CDBE7D #7DB4CD #967DCD

monochromatic

#96853A #BCA851 #CDBE7D #DED4A9 #EFEAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDBE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CDBE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE7D

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE7D	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABB78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.086 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1a3',
    500: '#cdbe7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe7d;
$custom-light: #ddd1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79909,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE7D

secondary

#52609C

accent

#48B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE7D

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

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