#CDC246#CDC246

#CDC246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC246
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -10.74, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 62.21, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.035 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5759, 52.0066, 13.4307)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC246 #4651CD

analogous

#CD7F46 #CDC246 #95CD46

triadic

#CDC246 #46CDC2 #C246CD

tetradic

#CDC246 #46CD7F #4651CD #CD4695

square

#CDC246 #46CD7F #4651CD #CD4695

split-complementary

#CDC246 #4695CD #7F46CD

monochromatic

#787120 #A89E2D #CDC246 #DAD276 #E7E2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CDC246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC246

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC246	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d480',
    500: '#cdc246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc246;
$custom-light: #e0d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80049,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC246

secondary

#373D80

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC246

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

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