#CDC596#CDC596

#CDC596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.063 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC596
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -4.58, 24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 25.06, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0104 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.063 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6483, 55.1147, 36.8184)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC596 #969ECD

analogous

#CDAA96 #CDC596 #BACD96

triadic

#CDC596 #96CDC5 #C596CD

tetradic

#CDC596 #96CDAA #969ECD #CD96BA

square

#CDC596 #96CDAA #969ECD #CD96BA

split-complementary

#CDC596 #96BACD #AA96CD

monochromatic

#9E924B #B9AE6D #CDC596 #E1DCBF #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CDC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC596

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC596	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)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.063 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6b5',
    500: '#cdc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc596;
$custom-light: #ddd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81829,
    "c": 0.06311,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC596

secondary

#656EA2

accent

#48AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC596

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

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