#CDC498#CDC498

#CDC498 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.060 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC498
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -3.79, 23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 23.59, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0081 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.06 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5844, 54.7270, 37.5983)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC498 #98A1CD

analogous

#CDA998 #CDC498 #BCCD98

triadic

#CDC498 #98CDC4 #C498CD

tetradic

#CDC498 #98CDA9 #98A1CD #CD98BC

square

#CDC498 #98CDA9 #98A1CD #CD98BC

split-complementary

#CDC498 #98BCCD #A998CD

monochromatic

#9E904D #B9AC6F #CDC498 #E1DCC1 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CDC498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC498

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC498	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.060 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5b6',
    500: '#cdc498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc498;
$custom-light: #dcd5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81665,
    "c": 0.05953,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC498

secondary

#6771A2

accent

#4CAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC498

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

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