#CDC398#CDC398

#CDC398 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.058 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC398
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -3.27, 22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 23.15, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0066 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.058 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3596, 54.2774, 37.5234)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC398 #98A2CD

analogous

#CDA898 #CDC398 #BDCD98

triadic

#CDC398 #98CDC3 #C398CD

tetradic

#CDC398 #98CDA8 #98A2CD #CD98BD

square

#CDC398 #98CDA8 #98A2CD #CD98BD

split-complementary

#CDC398 #98BDCD #A898CD

monochromatic

#9E8F4D #B9AB6F #CDC398 #E1DBC1 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CDC398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC398

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC398	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.058 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5b6',
    500: '#cdc398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc398;
$custom-light: #dcd5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81459,
    "c": 0.05849,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC398

secondary

#6772A2

accent

#4EAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC398

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

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