#CDC169#CDC169

#CDC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.111 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC169
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -7.61, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 46.12, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0223 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.111 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7979, 52.1405, 20.9609)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC169 #6975CD

analogous

#CD8F69 #CDC169 #A7CD69

triadic

#CDC169 #69CDC1 #C169CD

tetradic

#CDC169 #69CD8F #6975CD #CD69A7

square

#CDC169 #69CD8F #6975CD #CD69A7

split-complementary

#CDC169 #69A7CD #8F69CD

monochromatic

#8D812F #BBAC3E #CDC169 #DCD497 #ECE7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CDC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC169

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC169	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.111 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded396',
    500: '#cdc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc169;
$custom-light: #ded396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80224,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC169

secondary

#475093

accent

#3ABD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC169

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

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