#CDC598#CDC598

#CDC598 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.061 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC598
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -4.31, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 24.02, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0096 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.061 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8107, 55.1796, 37.6738)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC598 #98A0CD

analogous

#CDAA98 #CDC598 #BBCD98

triadic

#CDC598 #98CDC5 #C598CD

tetradic

#CDC598 #98CDAA #98A0CD #CD98BB

square

#CDC598 #98CDAA #98A0CD #CD98BB

split-complementary

#CDC598 #98BBCD #AA98CD

monochromatic

#9E924D #B9AE6F #CDC598 #E1DCC1 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC598

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC598	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.061 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6b6',
    500: '#cdc598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc598;
$custom-light: #dcd6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81871,
    "c": 0.0606,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC598

secondary

#6770A2

accent

#4AAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC598

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

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