#CDC46B#CDC46B

#CDC46B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.112 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC46B
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 107)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 47.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -8.97, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 46.38, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.026 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.112 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5718, 53.5220, 21.7319)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC46B #6B74CD

analogous

#CD936B #CDC46B #A5CD6B

triadic

#CDC46B #6BCDC4 #C46BCD

tetradic

#CDC46B #6BCD93 #6B74CD #CD6BA5

square

#CDC46B #6BCD93 #6B74CD #CD6BA5

split-complementary

#CDC46B #6BA5CD #936BCD

monochromatic

#8E8530 #BBB03F #CDC46B #DCD699 #ECE8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC46B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC46B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC46B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC46B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC46B	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)

#D2BF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc46b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.112 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded597',
    500: '#cdc46b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc46b;
$custom-light: #ded597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc46b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.49,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8088,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC46B

secondary

#484F94

accent

#36BD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC46B

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

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