#CDB146#CDB146

#CDB146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB146
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -1.92, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 56.62, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0099 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.129 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0065, 44.8678, 12.2409)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB146 #4662CD

analogous

#CD6E46 #CDB146 #A5CD46

triadic

#CDB146 #46CDB1 #B146CD

tetradic

#CDB146 #46CD6E #4662CD #CD46A5

square

#CDB146 #46CD6E #4662CD #CD46A5

split-complementary

#CDB146 #46A5CD #6E46CD

monochromatic

#786620 #A88F2D #CDB146 #DAC576 #E7DAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CDB146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB146

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB146	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87e',
    500: '#cdb146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb146;
$custom-light: #e0c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76496,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB146

secondary

#9BA7D4

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB146

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

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