#CDC69D#CDC69D

#CDC69D is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.055 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC69D
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -4.13, 21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 21.87, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0091 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.055 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4567, 55.8025, 39.9520)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC69D #9DA4CD

analogous

#CDAE9D #CDC69D #BCCD9D

triadic

#CDC69D #9DCDC6 #C69DCD

tetradic

#CDC69D #9DCDAE #9DA4CD #CD9DBC

square

#CDC69D #9DCDAE #9DA4CD #CD9DBC

split-complementary

#CDC69D #9DBCCD #AE9DCD

monochromatic

#9F9351 #B8AE74 #CDC69D #E2DEC6 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDC69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC69D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC69D	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.055 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7ba',
    500: '#cdc69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc69d;
$custom-light: #dcd7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82184,
    "c": 0.05539,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC69D

secondary

#6C74A2

accent

#4BAB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC69D

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

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