#CDC16E#CDC16E

#CDC16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.105 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC16E
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -7.14, 43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 43.68, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0204 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.105 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0625, 52.2464, 22.3543)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC16E #6E7ACD

analogous

#CD926E #CDC16E #AACD6E

triadic

#CDC16E #6ECDC1 #C16ECD

tetradic

#CDC16E #6ECD92 #6E7ACD #CD6EAA

square

#CDC16E #6ECD92 #6E7ACD #CD6EAA

split-complementary

#CDC16E #6EAACD #926ECD

monochromatic

#8F8331 #BDAD41 #CDC16E #DDD49C #ECE8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CDC16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC16E

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC16E	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.105 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded399',
    500: '#cdc16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc16e;
$custom-light: #ded399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80294,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC16E

secondary

#4A5396

accent

#3CBC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC16E

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

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