#CDC46A#CDC46A

#CDC46A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.113 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC46A
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -9.07, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 46.86, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0263 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.113 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5195, 53.5011, 21.4564)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC46A #6A73CD

analogous

#CD926A #CDC46A #A4CD6A

triadic

#CDC46A #6ACDC4 #C46ACD

tetradic

#CDC46A #6ACD92 #6A73CD #CD6AA4

square

#CDC46A #6ACD92 #6A73CD #CD6AA4

split-complementary

#CDC46A #6AA4CD #926ACD

monochromatic

#8D852F #BBB03F #CDC46A #DCD698 #ECE8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC46A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC46A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC46A

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC46A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC46A	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc46a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.113 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded596',
    500: '#cdc46a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc46a;
$custom-light: #ded596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc46a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80867,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC46A

secondary

#474E94

accent

#36BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC46A

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

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