#CDC16F#CDC16F

#CDC16F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.104 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC16F
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 111)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 45.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -7.05, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 43.19, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.02 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.104 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1172, 52.2683, 22.6427)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC16F #6F7BCD

analogous

#CD926F #CDC16F #AACD6F

triadic

#CDC16F #6FCDC1 #C16FCD

tetradic

#CDC16F #6FCD92 #6F7BCD #CD6FAA

square

#CDC16F #6FCD92 #6F7BCD #CD6FAA

split-complementary

#CDC16F #6FAACD #926FCD

monochromatic

#908432 #BDAD42 #CDC16F #DDD59C #EDE8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CDC16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC16F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC16F	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)

#CFBC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.104 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded39a',
    500: '#cdc16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc16f;
$custom-light: #ded39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80309,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC16F

secondary

#4A5496

accent

#3CBC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC16F

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

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