#CDC197#CDC197

#CDC197 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.058 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC197
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -2.36, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 22.84, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.004 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.058 94)
XYZ	xyz(49.8330, 53.3546, 36.9455)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC197 #97A3CD

analogous

#CDA697 #CDC197 #BECD97

triadic

#CDC197 #97CDC1 #C197CD

tetradic

#CDC197 #97CDA6 #97A3CD #CD97BE

square

#CDC197 #97CDA6 #97A3CD #CD97BE

split-complementary

#CDC197 #97BECD #A697CD

monochromatic

#9E8C4C #B9A86E #CDC197 #E1DAC0 #F5F2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CDC197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC197

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC197	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.058 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd3b5',
    500: '#cdc197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc197;
$custom-light: #dcd3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81027,
    "c": 0.05773,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.53353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC197

secondary

#6673A2

accent

#52AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC197

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

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