#CDC196#CDC196

#CDC196 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.059 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC196
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -2.49, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 23.36, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0044 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.059 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7521, 53.3222, 36.5196)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC196 #96A2CD

analogous

#CDA696 #CDC196 #BECD96

triadic

#CDC196 #96CDC1 #C196CD

tetradic

#CDC196 #96CDA6 #96A2CD #CD96BE

square

#CDC196 #96CDA6 #96A2CD #CD96BE

split-complementary

#CDC196 #96BECD #A696CD

monochromatic

#9E8C4B #B9A96D #CDC196 #E1D9BF #F4F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CDC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC196

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC196	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.059 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3b5',
    500: '#cdc196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc196;
$custom-light: #ddd3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81006,
    "c": 0.05898,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC196

secondary

#6572A2

accent

#51AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC196

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

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