#CDC396#CDC396

#CDC396 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.061 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC396
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -3.54, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 24.19, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0075 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.061 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.1972, 54.2124, 36.6680)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC396 #96A0CD

analogous

#CDA896 #CDC396 #BCCD96

triadic

#CDC396 #96CDC3 #C396CD

tetradic

#CDC396 #96CDA8 #96A0CD #CD96BC

square

#CDC396 #96CDA8 #96A0CD #CD96BC

split-complementary

#CDC396 #96BCCD #A896CD

monochromatic

#9E8F4B #B9AB6D #CDC396 #E1DBBF #F4F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC396

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC396	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.061 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b5',
    500: '#cdc396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc396;
$custom-light: #ddd5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81417,
    "c": 0.06098,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.54211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC396

secondary

#6570A2

accent

#4DAE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC396

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

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