#CDC166#CDC166

#CDC166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC166
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -7.88, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 47.57, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0233 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6464, 52.0799, 20.1631)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC166 #6672CD

analogous

#CD8E66 #CDC166 #A5CD66

triadic

#CDC166 #66CDC1 #C166CD

tetradic

#CDC166 #66CD8E #6672CD #CD66A5

square

#CDC166 #66CD8E #6672CD #CD66A5

split-complementary

#CDC166 #66A5CD #8E66CD

monochromatic

#8B802D #B9AB3D #CDC166 #DCD494 #EBE6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CDC166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC166

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC166	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded394',
    500: '#cdc166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc166;
$custom-light: #ded394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80183,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC166

secondary

#454E92

accent

#39BE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC166

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

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