#CDC69C#CDC69C

#CDC69C is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.057 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC69C
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -4.27, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 22.39, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0095 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.057 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3717, 55.7685, 39.5042)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC69C #9CA3CD

analogous

#CDAD9C #CDC69C #BBCD9C

triadic

#CDC69C #9CCDC6 #C69CCD

tetradic

#CDC69C #9CCDAD #9CA3CD #CD9CBB

square

#CDC69C #9CCDAD #9CA3CD #CD9CBB

split-complementary

#CDC69C #9CBBCD #AD9CCD

monochromatic

#9F9350 #B8AF73 #CDC69C #E2DDC5 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC69C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDC69C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC69C

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC69C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC69C	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)

#CEC399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc69c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.057 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7b9',
    500: '#cdc69c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc69c;
$custom-light: #dcd7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc69c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82162,
    "c": 0.05666,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC69C

secondary

#6B73A2

accent

#4AAC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC69C

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

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