#CDC499#CDC499

#CDC499 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.058 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC499
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -3.65, 22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 23.07, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0077 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.058 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6667, 54.7599, 38.0315)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC499 #99A2CD

analogous

#CDAA99 #CDC499 #BCCD99

triadic

#CDC499 #99CDC4 #C499CD

tetradic

#CDC499 #99CDAA #99A2CD #CD99BC

square

#CDC499 #99CDAA #99A2CD #CD99BC

split-complementary

#CDC499 #99BCCD #AA99CD

monochromatic

#9E904D #B9AC70 #CDC499 #E1DCC2 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CDC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC499

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC499	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)

#CDC196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.058 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5b7',
    500: '#cdc499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc499;
$custom-light: #dcd5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81686,
    "c": 0.05827,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC499

secondary

#6872A2

accent

#4DAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC499

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

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