#CDBE66

Closest named color: Dark Khaki (#BDB76B). oklch(79.6% 0.111 99.8), rgb(205, 190, 102).

Black text reads best on this color (11.15:1).

About this color

#CDBE66 is a light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.111 and its hue 100°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Dark Khaki (#BDB76B), ΔE 0.032 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.15:1.

Hue family	Yellows
Lightness	light (80%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.111)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Dark Khaki (#BDB76B)
Black text	11.15:1
White text	1.88:1

Values

HEX	#CDBE66
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 60%)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.111 99.8)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #CDBE66	1.88:1	Fails	Lc -39.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #CDBE66	11.15:1	AAA	Lc 68.2	Content text, not long reading
#CDBE66 text on white	1.88:1	Fails	Lc 35.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#CDBE66 text on black	11.15:1	AAA	Lc -66.9	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F8F6EB

oklch(97.2% 0.015 98.3)
Step 100
100

#EFEBD3

oklch(93.7% 0.032 99.2)
Step 200
200

#E2DBAC

oklch(88.5% 0.062 100.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#CDBE66

oklch(79.6% 0.111 99.8)
Step 400
400

#B7A100

oklch(70.7% 0.147 99.5)
Step 500
500

#9D8A00

oklch(63.1% 0.131 99.5)
Step 600
600

#847400

oklch(55.7% 0.116 99.7)
Step 700
700

#6F6100

oklch(49.1% 0.102 99.4)
Step 800
800

#5B4F00

oklch(42.7% 0.088 99.2)
Step 900
900

#4C4200

oklch(37.8% 0.078 99.5)
Step 950
950

#2D2700

oklch(27.1% 0.056 100.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#CDBE66 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#CDB95E	0.013
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#D1BF6A	0.008
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#DAB3A9	0.100
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BDBDBD	0.111