#CDC46E#CDC46E

#CDC46E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.108 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC46E
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -8.69, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 44.92, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0248 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.108 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7324, 53.5862, 22.5776)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC46E #6E77CD

analogous

#CD956E #CDC46E #A7CD6E

triadic

#CDC46E #6ECDC4 #C46ECD

tetradic

#CDC46E #6ECD95 #6E77CD #CD6EA7

square

#CDC46E #6ECD95 #6E77CD #CD6EA7

split-complementary

#CDC46E #6EA7CD #956ECD

monochromatic

#8F8631 #BDB141 #CDC46E #DDD79C #ECE9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC46E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CDC46E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC46E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC46E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC46E	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc46e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.108 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded599',
    500: '#cdc46e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc46e;
$custom-light: #ded599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc46e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.316,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80923,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC46E

secondary

#4A5196

accent

#37BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC46E

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

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