#CDC299#CDC299

#CDC299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.056 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC299
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -2.61, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 22.22, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0047 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.056 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2186, 53.8637, 37.8821)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC299 #99A4CD

analogous

#CDA899 #CDC299 #BECD99

triadic

#CDC299 #99CDC2 #C299CD

tetradic

#CDC299 #99CDA8 #99A4CD #CD99BE

square

#CDC299 #99CDA8 #99A4CD #CD99BE

split-complementary

#CDC299 #99BECD #A899CD

monochromatic

#9E8D4D #B9A970 #CDC299 #E1DBC2 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CDC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC299

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC299	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.056 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd4b7',
    500: '#cdc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc299;
$custom-light: #dcd4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81275,
    "c": 0.05623,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC299

secondary

#6874A2

accent

#51AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC299

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

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