#CDAC46#CDAC46

#CDAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC46
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 0.72, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 55.21, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0023 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.125 91)
XYZ	xyz(41.0369, 42.9287, 11.9177)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC46 #4667CD

analogous

#CD6946 #CDAC46 #ABCD46

triadic

#CDAC46 #46CDAC #AC46CD

tetradic

#CDAC46 #46CD69 #4667CD #CD46AB

square

#CDAC46 #46CD69 #4667CD #CD46AB

split-complementary

#CDAC46 #46ABCD #6946CD

monochromatic

#786320 #A88A2D #CDAC46 #DAC276 #E7D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CDAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC46

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC46	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c47e',
    500: '#cdac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac46;
$custom-light: #e0c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75471,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC46

secondary

#9BA9D4

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC46

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

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