#CDBF59#CDBF59

#CDBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBF59
RGB	rgb(205, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -7.93, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 52.90, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0249 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6124, 50.9637, 16.8836)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBF59 #5967CD

analogous

#CD8559 #CDBF59 #A1CD59

triadic

#CDBF59 #59CDBF #BF59CD

tetradic

#CDBF59 #59CD85 #5967CD #CD59A1

square

#CDBF59 #59CD85 #5967CD #CD59A1

split-complementary

#CDBF59 #59A1CD #8559CD

monochromatic

#847928 #B3A436 #CDBF59 #DBD188 #E9E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#CDBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBF59

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBF59	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28b',
    500: '#cdbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbf59;
$custom-light: #dfd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79604,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBF59

secondary

#3F488B

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBF59

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

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