#CDC168#CDC168

#CDC168 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.112 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC168
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -7.71, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 46.61, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0226 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.112 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7468, 52.1201, 20.6918)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC168 #6874CD

analogous

#CD8E68 #CDC168 #A7CD68

triadic

#CDC168 #68CDC1 #C168CD

tetradic

#CDC168 #68CD8E #6874CD #CD68A7

square

#CDC168 #68CD8E #6874CD #CD68A7

split-complementary

#CDC168 #68A7CD #8E68CD

monochromatic

#8C812E #BAAB3E #CDC168 #DCD496 #EBE7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CDC168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC168

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC168	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)

#CFBC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.112 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded395',
    500: '#cdc168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc168;
$custom-light: #ded395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8021,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC168

secondary

#464F93

accent

#3ABE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC168

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

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