#CDC599#CDC599

#CDC599 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.059 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC599
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -4.17, 23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 23.50, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0092 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.059 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8930, 55.2125, 38.1069)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC599 #99A1CD

analogous

#CDAB99 #CDC599 #BBCD99

triadic

#CDC599 #99CDC5 #C599CD

tetradic

#CDC599 #99CDAB #99A1CD #CD99BB

square

#CDC599 #99CDAB #99A1CD #CD99BB

split-complementary

#CDC599 #99BBCD #AB99CD

monochromatic

#9E924D #B9AE70 #CDC599 #E1DCC2 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC599

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC599	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)

#CEC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.059 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6b7',
    500: '#cdc599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc599;
$custom-light: #dcd6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81892,
    "c": 0.05935,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC599

secondary

#6871A2

accent

#4AAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC599

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

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