#CDC698#CDC698

#CDC698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.062 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC698
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 152)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -4.83, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 24.47, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0111 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.062 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0385, 55.6353, 37.7497)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC698 #989FCD

analogous

#CDAB98 #CDC698 #BACD98

triadic

#CDC698 #98CDC6 #C698CD

tetradic

#CDC698 #98CDAB #989FCD #CD98BA

square

#CDC698 #98CDAB #989FCD #CD98BA

split-complementary

#CDC698 #98BACD #AB98CD

monochromatic

#9E934D #B9AF6F #CDC698 #E1DDC1 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CDC698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC698

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC698	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.062 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7b6',
    500: '#cdc698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc698;
$custom-light: #dcd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.06171,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC698

secondary

#676FA2

accent

#48AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC698

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

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