#CDC794#CDC794

#CDC794 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.068 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC794
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 148)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 27.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -5.89, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 27.00, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0142 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.068 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9458, 55.9651, 36.1298)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC794 #949ACD

analogous

#CDAB94 #CDC794 #B7CD94

triadic

#CDC794 #94CDC7 #C794CD

tetradic

#CDC794 #94CDAB #949ACD #CD94B7

square

#CDC794 #94CDAB #949ACD #CD94B7

split-complementary

#CDC794 #94B7CD #AB94CD

monochromatic

#9D9449 #BAB16A #CDC794 #E0DDBE #F4F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CDC794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC794

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC794	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.068 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b3',
    500: '#cdc794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc794;
$custom-light: #ddd7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82202,
    "c": 0.06783,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC794

secondary

#636AA2

accent

#43AF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC794

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

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