#CDC69E#CDC69E

#CDC69E is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.054 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC69E
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -3.99, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 21.35, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0086 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.054 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5424, 55.8368, 40.4035)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC69E #9EA5CD

analogous

#CDAE9E #CDC69E #BCCD9E

triadic

#CDC69E #9ECDC6 #C69ECD

tetradic

#CDC69E #9ECDAE #9EA5CD #CD9EBC

square

#CDC69E #9ECDAE #9EA5CD #CD9EBC

split-complementary

#CDC69E #9EBCCD #AE9ECD

monochromatic

#9F9352 #B8AE76 #CDC69E #E2DEC6 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CDC69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC69E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC69E	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.054 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7ba',
    500: '#cdc69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc69e;
$custom-light: #dcd7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82206,
    "c": 0.05411,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC69E

secondary

#6D75A2

accent

#4BAB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC69E

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

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