#CDC799#CDC799

#CDC799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.062 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC799
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -5.21, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 24.41, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0122 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.062 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3501, 56.1268, 38.2593)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC799 #999FCD

analogous

#CDAD99 #CDC799 #B9CD99

triadic

#CDC799 #99CDC7 #C799CD

tetradic

#CDC799 #99CDAD #999FCD #CD99B9

square

#CDC799 #99CDAD #999FCD #CD99B9

split-complementary

#CDC799 #99B9CD #AD99CD

monochromatic

#9E954D #B9B070 #CDC799 #E1DEC2 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CDC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC799

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC799	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.062 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7b7',
    500: '#cdc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc799;
$custom-light: #dcd7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82305,
    "c": 0.06158,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC799

secondary

#686FA2

accent

#46AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC799

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

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