#CDC16B#CDC16B

#CDC16B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.109 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC16B
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -7.43, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 45.15, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0215 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.109 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9019, 52.1821, 21.5086)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC16B #6B77CD

analogous

#CD906B #CDC16B #A8CD6B

triadic

#CDC16B #6BCDC1 #C16BCD

tetradic

#CDC16B #6BCD90 #6B77CD #CD6BA8

square

#CDC16B #6BCD90 #6B77CD #CD6BA8

split-complementary

#CDC16B #6BA8CD #906BCD

monochromatic

#8E8230 #BBAC3F #CDC16B #DCD499 #ECE7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CDC16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC16B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC16B	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.109 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded397',
    500: '#cdc16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc16b;
$custom-light: #ded397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC16B

secondary

#485194

accent

#3BBD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC16B

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

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