#CDC646#CDC646

#CDC646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.146 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC646
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -12.77, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 63.67, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0408 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.146 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4781, 53.8111, 13.7315)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC646 #464DCD

analogous

#CD8346 #CDC646 #91CD46

triadic

#CDC646 #46CDC6 #C646CD

tetradic

#CDC646 #46CD83 #464DCD #CD4691

square

#CDC646 #46CD83 #464DCD #CD4691

split-complementary

#CDC646 #4691CD #8346CD

monochromatic

#787420 #A8A22D #CDC646 #DAD576 #E7E4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC646

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC646	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.146 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd780',
    500: '#cdc646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc646;
$custom-light: #dfd780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80898,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC646

secondary

#373B80

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC646

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

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