#CDC69A#CDC69A

#CDC69A is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.059 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC69A
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 154)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -4.55, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 23.43, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0103 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.059 100)
XYZ	xyz(51.2037, 55.7013, 38.6197)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC69A #9AA1CD

analogous

#CDAC9A #CDC69A #BACD9A

triadic

#CDC69A #9ACDC6 #C69ACD

tetradic

#CDC69A #9ACDAC #9AA1CD #CD9ABA

square

#CDC69A #9ACDAC #9AA1CD #CD9ABA

split-complementary

#CDC69A #9ABACD #AC9ACD

monochromatic

#9E934E #B9AF71 #CDC69A #E1DDC3 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CDC69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC69A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC69A	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.059 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7b8',
    500: '#cdc69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc69a;
$custom-light: #dcd7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8212,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC69A

secondary

#6971A2

accent

#49AD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC69A

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

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