#CDC160#CDC160

#CDC160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC160
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -8.40, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 50.42, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0255 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3596, 51.9652, 18.6523)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC160 #606CCD

analogous

#CD8B60 #CDC160 #A3CD60

triadic

#CDC160 #60CDC1 #C160CD

tetradic

#CDC160 #60CD8B #606CCD #CD60A3

square

#CDC160 #60CD8B #606CCD #CD60A3

split-complementary

#CDC160 #60A3CD #8B60CD

monochromatic

#887E2B #B6A939 #CDC160 #DCD38F #EAE5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CDC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC160

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC160	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded390',
    500: '#cdc160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc160;
$custom-light: #ded390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80107,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC160

secondary

#424B8F

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC160

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

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