#CDC796#CDC796

#CDC796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.065 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC796
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -5.62, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 25.97, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0134 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.065 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1055, 56.0290, 36.9707)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC796 #969CCD

analogous

#CDAC96 #CDC796 #B7CD96

triadic

#CDC796 #96CDC7 #C796CD

tetradic

#CDC796 #96CDAC #969CCD #CD96B7

square

#CDC796 #96CDAC #969CCD #CD96B7

split-complementary

#CDC796 #96B7CD #AC96CD

monochromatic

#9E954B #B9B16D #CDC796 #E1DDBF #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CDC796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC796

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC796	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.065 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b5',
    500: '#cdc796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc796;
$custom-light: #ddd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.06534,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC796

secondary

#656CA2

accent

#44AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC796

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

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