#CDCA46#CDCA46

#CDCA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.150 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA46
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -14.78, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 65.18, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0465 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.15 108)
XYZ	xyz(47.4045, 55.6639, 14.0403)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA46 #4649CD

analogous

#CD8746 #CDCA46 #8DCD46

triadic

#CDCA46 #46CDCA #CA46CD

tetradic

#CDCA46 #46CD87 #4649CD #CD468D

square

#CDCA46 #46CD87 #4649CD #CD468D

split-complementary

#CDCA46 #468DCD #8746CD

monochromatic

#787620 #A8A62D #CDCA46 #DAD876 #E7E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CDCA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA46

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA46	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.150 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd980',
    500: '#cdca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca46;
$custom-light: #dfd980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81752,
    "c": 0.15011,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.55662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA46

secondary

#373880

accent

#4BE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA46

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

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