#CDC597#CDC597

#CDC597 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.062 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC597
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -4.45, 24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 24.54, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.01 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.062 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7292, 55.1470, 37.2443)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC597 #979FCD

analogous

#CDAA97 #CDC597 #BACD97

triadic

#CDC597 #97CDC5 #C597CD

tetradic

#CDC597 #97CDAA #979FCD #CD97BA

square

#CDC597 #97CDAA #979FCD #CD97BA

split-complementary

#CDC597 #97BACD #AA97CD

monochromatic

#9E924C #B9AE6E #CDC597 #E1DCC0 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CDC597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC597

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC597	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.062 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6b5',
    500: '#cdc597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc597;
$custom-light: #dcd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8185,
    "c": 0.06186,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC597

secondary

#666FA2

accent

#49AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC597

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

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