#CDBF55#CDBF55

#CDBF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.128 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBF55
RGB	rgb(205, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -8.22, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 54.72, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0262 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.128 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4490, 50.8983, 16.0229)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBF55 #5563CD

analogous

#CD8355 #CDBF55 #9FCD55

triadic

#CDBF55 #55CDBF #BF55CD

tetradic

#CDBF55 #55CD83 #5563CD #CD559F

square

#CDBF55 #55CD83 #5563CD #CD559F

split-complementary

#CDBF55 #559FCD #8355CD

monochromatic

#827726 #B1A234 #CDBF55 #DBD184 #E9E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CDBF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBF55

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBF55	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.128 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd289',
    500: '#cdbf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbf55;
$custom-light: #dfd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7956,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBF55

secondary

#3D4689

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBF55

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

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