#CDBE8B#CDBE8B

#CDBE8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.070 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE8B
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -2.36, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 27.82, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0044 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.07 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2511, 51.6715, 31.8530)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE8B #8B9ACD

analogous

#CD9D8B #CDBE8B #BBCD8B

triadic

#CDBE8B #8BCDBE #BE8BCD

tetradic

#CDBE8B #8BCD9D #8B9ACD #CD8BBB

square

#CDBE8B #8BCD9D #8B9ACD #CD8BBB

split-complementary

#CDBE8B #8BBBCD #9D8BCD

monochromatic

#9B8743 #BBA660 #CDBE8B #DFD6B6 #F2EEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDBE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CDBE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE8B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE8B	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)

#C9BC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.070 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1ad',
    500: '#cdbe8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe8b;
$custom-light: #ddd1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80166,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE8B

secondary

#5B6BA1

accent

#50B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE8B

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

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