#CDBE7E#CDBE7E

#CDBE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.085 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE7E
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -3.91, 34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 34.47, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0097 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.085 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3571, 51.3139, 27.1446)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE7E #7E8DCD

analogous

#CD977E #CDBE7E #B4CD7E

triadic

#CDBE7E #7ECDBE #BE7ECD

tetradic

#CDBE7E #7ECD97 #7E8DCD #CD7EB4

square

#CDBE7E #7ECD97 #7E8DCD #CD7EB4

split-complementary

#CDBE7E #7EB4CD #977ECD

monochromatic

#96853A #BCA852 #CDBE7E #DED4AA #EFEAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDBE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CDBE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE7E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE7E	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#CABB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.085 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1a4',
    500: '#cdbe7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe7e;
$custom-light: #ddd1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE7E

secondary

#53619D

accent

#48B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE7E

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

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