#CDC699#CDC699

#CDC699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.060 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC699
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -4.69, 23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 23.95, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0107 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.06 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1208, 55.6682, 38.1829)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC699 #99A0CD

analogous

#CDAC99 #CDC699 #BACD99

triadic

#CDC699 #99CDC6 #C699CD

tetradic

#CDC699 #99CDAC #99A0CD #CD99BA

square

#CDC699 #99CDAC #99A0CD #CD99BA

split-complementary

#CDC699 #99BACD #AC99CD

monochromatic

#9E934D #B9AF70 #CDC699 #E1DDC2 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CDC699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC699

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC699	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)

#CFC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.060 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7b7',
    500: '#cdc699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc699;
$custom-light: #dcd7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82098,
    "c": 0.06044,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC699

secondary

#6870A2

accent

#48AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC699

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

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