#CDC595#CDC595

#CDC595 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.064 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC595
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 149)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -4.72, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 25.58, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0109 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.064 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5681, 55.0826, 36.3961)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC595 #959DCD

analogous

#CDA995 #CDC595 #B9CD95

triadic

#CDC595 #95CDC5 #C595CD

tetradic

#CDC595 #95CDA9 #959DCD #CD95B9

square

#CDC595 #95CDA9 #959DCD #CD95B9

split-complementary

#CDC595 #95B9CD #A995CD

monochromatic

#9D914A #B9AE6B #CDC595 #E1DCBF #F4F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CDC595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC595

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC595	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.064 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6b4',
    500: '#cdc595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc595;
$custom-light: #ddd6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81809,
    "c": 0.06435,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC595

secondary

#646DA2

accent

#48AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC595

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

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