#CDBE8A#CDBE8A

#CDBE8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.071 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE8A
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -2.48, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 28.34, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0048 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.071 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1784, 51.6424, 31.4699)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE8A #8A99CD

analogous

#CD9D8A #CDBE8A #BBCD8A

triadic

#CDBE8A #8ACDBE #BE8ACD

tetradic

#CDBE8A #8ACD9D #8A99CD #CD8ABB

square

#CDBE8A #8ACD9D #8A99CD #CD8ABB

split-complementary

#CDBE8A #8ABBCD #9D8ACD

monochromatic

#9B8742 #BBA65F #CDBE8A #DFD6B5 #F2EEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDBE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CDBE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE8A

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE8A	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.071 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1ac',
    500: '#cdbe8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe8a;
$custom-light: #ddd1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80147,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE8A

secondary

#5A6AA1

accent

#4FB332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE8A

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

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