#CDC163#CDC163

#CDC163 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.117 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC163
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 51.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -8.15, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 49.00, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0244 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.117 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5003, 52.0215, 19.3937)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC163 #636FCD

analogous

#CD8C63 #CDC163 #A4CD63

triadic

#CDC163 #63CDC1 #C163CD

tetradic

#CDC163 #63CD8C #636FCD #CD63A4

square

#CDC163 #63CD8C #636FCD #CD63A4

split-complementary

#CDC163 #63A4CD #8C63CD

monochromatic

#8A7F2C #B8AA3B #CDC163 #DCD391 #EBE6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CDC163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC163

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC163	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)

#D0BC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.117 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded392',
    500: '#cdc163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc163;
$custom-light: #ded392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80144,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC163

secondary

#444D90

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC163

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

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