#CDBF50#CDBF50

#CDBF50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.132 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBF50
RGB	rgb(205, 191, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -8.57, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 56.93, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0278 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.132 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2573, 50.8217, 15.0135)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBF50 #505ECD

analogous

#CD8050 #CDBF50 #9CCD50

triadic

#CDBF50 #50CDBF #BF50CD

tetradic

#CDBF50 #50CD80 #505ECD #CD509C

square

#CDBF50 #50CD80 #505ECD #CD509C

split-complementary

#CDBF50 #509CCD #8050CD

monochromatic

#7E7424 #AEA032 #CDBF50 #DBD080 #E8E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CDBF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBF50

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBF50	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 191, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.132 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd285',
    500: '#cdbf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbf50;
$custom-light: #dfd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79508,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBF50

secondary

#3B4386

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBF50

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

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