#CDC199#CDC199

#CDC199 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.055 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC199
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -2.08, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 21.81, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0032 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.055 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9967, 53.4201, 37.8082)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC199 #99A5CD

analogous

#CDA799 #CDC199 #BFCD99

triadic

#CDC199 #99CDC1 #C199CD

tetradic

#CDC199 #99CDA7 #99A5CD #CD99BF

square

#CDC199 #99CDA7 #99A5CD #CD99BF

split-complementary

#CDC199 #99BFCD #A799CD

monochromatic

#9E8C4D #B9A870 #CDC199 #E1DAC2 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC199

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC199	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.055 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd3b7',
    500: '#cdc199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc199;
$custom-light: #dcd3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8107,
    "c": 0.05525,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC199

secondary

#6875A2

accent

#53AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC199

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

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