#CDC697#CDC697

#CDC697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.063 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC697
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -4.97, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 24.99, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0115 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.063 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9570, 55.6026, 37.3202)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC697 #979ECD

analogous

#CDAB97 #CDC697 #B9CD97

triadic

#CDC697 #97CDC6 #C697CD

tetradic

#CDC697 #97CDAB #979ECD #CD97B9

square

#CDC697 #97CDAB #979ECD #CD97B9

split-complementary

#CDC697 #97B9CD #AB97CD

monochromatic

#9E934C #B9AF6E #CDC697 #E1DDC0 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CDC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC697

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC697	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.063 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b6',
    500: '#cdc697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc697;
$custom-light: #ddd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82057,
    "c": 0.06296,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC697

secondary

#666EA2

accent

#47AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC697

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

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