#CDC161#CDC161

#CDC161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC161
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -8.32, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 49.95, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0251 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.119 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4059, 51.9837, 18.8963)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC161 #616DCD

analogous

#CD8B61 #CDC161 #A3CD61

triadic

#CDC161 #61CDC1 #C161CD

tetradic

#CDC161 #61CD8B #616DCD #CD61A3

square

#CDC161 #61CD8B #616DCD #CD61A3

split-complementary

#CDC161 #61A3CD #8B61CD

monochromatic

#887E2B #B7A93A #CDC161 #DCD38F #EAE5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CDC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC161

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC161	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded390',
    500: '#cdc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc161;
$custom-light: #ded390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80119,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC161

secondary

#434B8F

accent

#5CDB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC161

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

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