#CDC16C#CDC16C

#CDC16C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.108 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC16C
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -7.33, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 44.66, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0211 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.108 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9548, 52.2033, 21.7873)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC16C #6C78CD

analogous

#CD916C #CDC16C #A9CD6C

triadic

#CDC16C #6CCDC1 #C16CCD

tetradic

#CDC16C #6CCD91 #6C78CD #CD6CA9

square

#CDC16C #6CCD91 #6C78CD #CD6CA9

split-complementary

#CDC16C #6CA9CD #916CCD

monochromatic

#8E8330 #BCAD40 #CDC16C #DDD49A #ECE8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CDC16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC16C

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC16C	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)

#CFBC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.108 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded398',
    500: '#cdc16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc16c;
$custom-light: #ded398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80266,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC16C

secondary

#485295

accent

#3BBD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC16C

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

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