#CDC798#CDC798

#CDC798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.063 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC798
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -5.35, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 24.93, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0126 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.063 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2679, 56.0939, 37.8262)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC798 #989ECD

analogous

#CDAD98 #CDC798 #B8CD98

triadic

#CDC798 #98CDC7 #C798CD

tetradic

#CDC798 #98CDAD #989ECD #CD98B8

square

#CDC798 #98CDAD #989ECD #CD98B8

split-complementary

#CDC798 #98B8CD #AD98CD

monochromatic

#9E954D #B9B16F #CDC798 #E1DDC1 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CDC798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC798

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC798	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.063 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7b6',
    500: '#cdc798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc798;
$custom-light: #dcd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82284,
    "c": 0.06284,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC798

secondary

#676EA2

accent

#45AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC798

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

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