#CDC797#CDC797

#CDC797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.064 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC797
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -5.48, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 25.45, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.013 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.064 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1863, 56.0613, 37.3966)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC797 #979DCD

analogous

#CDAC97 #CDC797 #B8CD97

triadic

#CDC797 #97CDC7 #C797CD

tetradic

#CDC797 #97CDAC #979DCD #CD97B8

square

#CDC797 #97CDAC #979DCD #CD97B8

split-complementary

#CDC797 #97B8CD #AC97CD

monochromatic

#9E954C #B9B16E #CDC797 #E1DDC0 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CDC797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC797

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC797	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)

#D0C494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.064 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b6',
    500: '#cdc797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc797;
$custom-light: #ddd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82263,
    "c": 0.06408,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC797

secondary

#666DA2

accent

#45AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC797

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

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