#CDC165#CDC165

#CDC165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.115 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC165
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -7.97, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 48.05, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0237 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.115 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5971, 52.0602, 19.9035)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC165 #6571CD

analogous

#CD8D65 #CDC165 #A5CD65

triadic

#CDC165 #65CDC1 #C165CD

tetradic

#CDC165 #65CD8D #6571CD #CD65A5

square

#CDC165 #65CD8D #6571CD #CD65A5

split-complementary

#CDC165 #65A5CD #8D65CD

monochromatic

#8B802D #B9AA3C #CDC165 #DCD493 #EBE6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CDC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC165

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC165	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.115 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded393',
    500: '#cdc165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc165;
$custom-light: #ded393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8017,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC165

secondary

#454E91

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC165

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

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