#CDBE8E#CDBE8E

#CDBE8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.066 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE8E
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 142)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -1.98, 26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 26.28, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0032 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.066 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4733, 51.7604, 33.0232)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE8E #8E9DCD

analogous

#CD9E8E #CDBE8E #BCCD8E

triadic

#CDBE8E #8ECDBE #BE8ECD

tetradic

#CDBE8E #8ECD9E #8E9DCD #CD8EBC

square

#CDBE8E #8ECD9E #8E9DCD #CD8EBC

split-complementary

#CDBE8E #8EBCCD #9E8ECD

monochromatic

#9C8745 #BAA664 #CDBE8E #E0D6B8 #F3EFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDBE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CDBE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE8E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE8E	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)

#C8BC8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.066 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd1af',
    500: '#cdbe8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe8e;
$custom-light: #ddd1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80226,
    "c": 0.06593,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE8E

secondary

#5D6EA2

accent

#52B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE8E

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

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