#CDC46D#CDC46D

#CDC46D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.110 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC46D
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -8.78, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 45.41, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0252 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.11 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6783, 53.5645, 22.2925)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC46D #6D76CD

analogous

#CD946D #CDC46D #A6CD6D

triadic

#CDC46D #6DCDC4 #C46DCD

tetradic

#CDC46D #6DCD94 #6D76CD #CD6DA6

square

#CDC46D #6DCD94 #6D76CD #CD6DA6

split-complementary

#CDC46D #6DA6CD #946DCD

monochromatic

#8F8631 #BCB140 #CDC46D #DDD69B #ECE9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CDC46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC46D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC46D	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.110 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded598',
    500: '#cdc46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc46d;
$custom-light: #ded598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80908,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC46D

secondary

#495095

accent

#37BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC46D

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

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