#CDC16A#CDC16A

#CDC16A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC16A
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -7.52, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 45.64, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0219 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8496, 52.1612, 21.2331)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC16A #6A76CD

analogous

#CD8F6A #CDC16A #A7CD6A

triadic

#CDC16A #6ACDC1 #C16ACD

tetradic

#CDC16A #6ACD8F #6A76CD #CD6AA7

square

#CDC16A #6ACD8F #6A76CD #CD6AA7

split-complementary

#CDC16A #6AA7CD #8F6ACD

monochromatic

#8D822F #BBAC3F #CDC16A #DCD498 #ECE7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CDC16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC16A

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC16A	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)

#CFBC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded396',
    500: '#cdc16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc16a;
$custom-light: #ded396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80238,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC16A

secondary

#475194

accent

#3ABD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC16A

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

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