#CDC16D#CDC16D

#CDC16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.106 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC16D
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -7.24, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 44.18, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0208 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.106 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0083, 52.2247, 22.0692)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC16D #6D79CD

analogous

#CD916D #CDC16D #A9CD6D

triadic

#CDC16D #6DCDC1 #C16DCD

tetradic

#CDC16D #6DCD91 #6D79CD #CD6DA9

square

#CDC16D #6DCD91 #6D79CD #CD6DA9

split-complementary

#CDC16D #6DA9CD #916DCD

monochromatic

#8F8331 #BCAD40 #CDC16D #DDD49B #ECE8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CDC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC16D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC16D	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	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)

#CFBC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.106 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded398',
    500: '#cdc16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc16d;
$custom-light: #ded398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8028,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC16D

secondary

#495395

accent

#3CBC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC16D

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

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