#CDC69F#CDC69F

#CDC69F is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.053 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC69F
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -3.85, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 20.83, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0082 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.053 99)
XYZ	xyz(51.6289, 55.8714, 40.8587)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC69F #9FA6CD

analogous

#CDAF9F #CDC69F #BDCD9F

triadic

#CDC69F #9FCDC6 #C69FCD

tetradic

#CDC69F #9FCDAF #9FA6CD #CD9FBD

square

#CDC69F #9FCDAF #9FA6CD #CD9FBD

split-complementary

#CDC69F #9FBDCD #AF9FCD

monochromatic

#9F9353 #B8AE77 #CDC69F #E2DEC7 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC69F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CDC69F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC69F

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC69F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC69F	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	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)

#CEC39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc69f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.053 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7bb',
    500: '#cdc69f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc69f;
$custom-light: #dcd7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc69f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82228,
    "c": 0.05283,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.55871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC69F

secondary

#6E76A2

accent

#4CAA3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC69F

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

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