#CDCB46#CDCB46

#CDCB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.151 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB46
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -15.28, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 65.56, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0479 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.151 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6399, 56.1346, 14.1187)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB46 #4648CD

analogous

#CD8846 #CDCB46 #8CCD46

triadic

#CDCB46 #46CDCB #CB46CD

tetradic

#CDCB46 #46CD88 #4648CD #CD468C

square

#CDCB46 #46CD88 #4648CD #CD468C

split-complementary

#CDCB46 #468CCD #8846CD

monochromatic

#787720 #A8A62D #CDCB46 #DAD976 #E7E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CDCB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB46

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB46	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.151 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda81',
    500: '#cdcb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb46;
$custom-light: #dfda81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81966,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB46

secondary

#373880

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →