#CDC696#CDC696

#CDC696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.064 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC696
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -5.10, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 25.51, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0119 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.064 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8761, 55.5703, 36.8943)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC696 #969DCD

analogous

#CDAB96 #CDC696 #B9CD96

triadic

#CDC696 #96CDC6 #C696CD

tetradic

#CDC696 #96CDAB #969DCD #CD96B9

square

#CDC696 #96CDAB #969DCD #CD96B9

split-complementary

#CDC696 #96B9CD #AB96CD

monochromatic

#9E934B #B9AF6D #CDC696 #E1DDBF #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CDC696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC696

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC696	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.064 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b5',
    500: '#cdc696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc696;
$custom-light: #ddd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82036,
    "c": 0.06421,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC696

secondary

#656DA2

accent

#46AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC696

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

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