#CDC496#CDC496

#CDC496 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.062 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC496
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -4.06, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 24.62, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0089 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.062 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4220, 54.6620, 36.7429)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC496 #969FCD

analogous

#CDA996 #CDC496 #BBCD96

triadic

#CDC496 #96CDC4 #C496CD

tetradic

#CDC496 #96CDA9 #969FCD #CD96BB

square

#CDC496 #96CDA9 #969FCD #CD96BB

split-complementary

#CDC496 #96BBCD #A996CD

monochromatic

#9E904B #B9AD6D #CDC496 #E1DBBF #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CDC496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC496

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC496	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.062 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b5',
    500: '#cdc496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc496;
$custom-light: #ddd5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81623,
    "c": 0.06203,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC496

secondary

#656FA2

accent

#4BAE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC496

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

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