#CDC162#CDC162

#CDC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC162
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -8.23, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 49.48, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0248 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4528, 52.0025, 19.1435)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC162 #626ECD

analogous

#CD8C62 #CDC162 #A4CD62

triadic

#CDC162 #62CDC1 #C162CD

tetradic

#CDC162 #62CD8C #626ECD #CD62A4

square

#CDC162 #62CD8C #626ECD #CD62A4

split-complementary

#CDC162 #62A4CD #8C62CD

monochromatic

#897F2C #B7A93A #CDC162 #DCD390 #EBE6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CDC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC162

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC162	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)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded391',
    500: '#cdc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc162;
$custom-light: #ded391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80132,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC162

secondary

#434C90

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC162

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

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