#CDC69B#CDC69B

#CDC69B is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.058 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC69B
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 155)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -4.41, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 22.91, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0099 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.058 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2874, 55.7348, 39.0601)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC69B #9BA2CD

analogous

#CDAD9B #CDC69B #BBCD9B

triadic

#CDC69B #9BCDC6 #C69BCD

tetradic

#CDC69B #9BCDAD #9BA2CD #CD9BBB

square

#CDC69B #9BCDAD #9BA2CD #CD9BBB

split-complementary

#CDC69B #9BBBCD #AD9BCD

monochromatic

#9E934F #B9AF72 #CDC69B #E1DDC4 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDC69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC69B

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC69B	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.058 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7b8',
    500: '#cdc69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc69b;
$custom-light: #dcd7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82141,
    "c": 0.05792,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC69B

secondary

#6A72A2

accent

#49AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC69B

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

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