#CDBE8D#CDBE8D

#CDBE8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.067 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE8D
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -2.11, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 26.80, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0036 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.067 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3986, 51.7305, 32.6296)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE8D #8D9CCD

analogous

#CD9E8D #CDBE8D #BCCD8D

triadic

#CDBE8D #8DCDBE #BE8DCD

tetradic

#CDBE8D #8DCD9E #8D9CCD #CD8DBC

square

#CDBE8D #8DCD9E #8D9CCD #CD8DBC

split-complementary

#CDBE8D #8DBCCD #9E8DCD

monochromatic

#9B8744 #BAA662 #CDBE8D #E0D6B8 #F2EFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDBE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CDBE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE8D

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE8D	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BC8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.067 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1ae',
    500: '#cdbe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe8d;
$custom-light: #ddd1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.06713,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE8D

secondary

#5C6DA2

accent

#51B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE8D

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

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