#CDBA46#CDBA46

#CDBA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA46
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -6.62, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 59.44, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0233 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8431, 48.5411, 12.8531)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA46 #4659CD

analogous

#CD7746 #CDBA46 #9CCD46

triadic

#CDBA46 #46CDBA #BA46CD

tetradic

#CDBA46 #46CD77 #4659CD #CD469C

square

#CDBA46 #46CD77 #4659CD #CD469C

split-complementary

#CDBA46 #469CCD #7746CD

monochromatic

#786C20 #A8972D #CDBA46 #DACC76 #E7DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#CDBA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA46

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA46	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce7f',
    500: '#cdba46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba46;
$custom-light: #e0ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78365,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA46

secondary

#9BA3D4

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA46

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

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