#CDAE46#CDAE46

#CDAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.127 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE46
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -0.34, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 55.76, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0053 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.127 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4204, 43.6957, 12.0456)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE46 #4665CD

analogous

#CD6B46 #CDAE46 #A9CD46

triadic

#CDAE46 #46CDAE #AE46CD

tetradic

#CDAE46 #46CD6B #4665CD #CD46A9

square

#CDAE46 #46CD6B #4665CD #CD46A9

split-complementary

#CDAE46 #46A9CD #6B46CD

monochromatic

#786420 #A88C2D #CDAE46 #DAC376 #E7D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CDAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE46

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE46	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.127 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57e',
    500: '#cdae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae46;
$custom-light: #e0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7588,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE46

secondary

#9BA8D4

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE46

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

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