#CDAD46#CDAD46

#CDAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.126 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD46
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 0.19, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 55.48, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0038 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.126 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2280, 43.3108, 11.9814)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD46 #4666CD

analogous

#CD6A46 #CDAD46 #AACD46

triadic

#CDAD46 #46CDAD #AD46CD

tetradic

#CDAD46 #46CD6A #4666CD #CD46AA

square

#CDAD46 #46CD6A #4666CD #CD46AA

split-complementary

#CDAD46 #46AACD #6A46CD

monochromatic

#786320 #A88B2D #CDAD46 #DAC276 #E7D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CDAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD46

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD46	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.126 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57e',
    500: '#cdad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad46;
$custom-light: #e0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD46

secondary

#9BA8D4

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD46

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

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