#CDC296#CDC296

#CDC296 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.060 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC296
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -3.02, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 23.77, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.006 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.06 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9739, 53.7658, 36.5936)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC296 #96A1CD

analogous

#CDA796 #CDC296 #BDCD96

triadic

#CDC296 #96CDC2 #C296CD

tetradic

#CDC296 #96CDA7 #96A1CD #CD96BD

square

#CDC296 #96CDA7 #96A1CD #CD96BD

split-complementary

#CDC296 #96BDCD #A796CD

monochromatic

#9E8D4B #B9AA6D #CDC296 #E1DABF #F4F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC296

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC296	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.060 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4b5',
    500: '#cdc296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc296;
$custom-light: #ddd4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81211,
    "c": 0.05996,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC296

secondary

#6571A2

accent

#4FAE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC296

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

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