#CDBD46#CDBD46

#CDBD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD46
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -8.17, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 60.45, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0278 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4818, 49.8184, 13.0660)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD46 #4656CD

analogous

#CD7A46 #CDBD46 #9ACD46

triadic

#CDBD46 #46CDBD #BD46CD

tetradic

#CDBD46 #46CD7A #4656CD #CD469A

square

#CDBD46 #46CD7A #4656CD #CD469A

split-complementary

#CDBD46 #469ACD #7A46CD

monochromatic

#786E20 #A89A2D #CDBD46 #DACE76 #E7DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CDBD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD46

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD46	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07f',
    500: '#cdbd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd46;
$custom-light: #e0d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78994,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD46

secondary

#9BA1D4

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD46

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

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