#CDC896#CDC896

#CDC896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.066 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC896
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -6.14, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 26.43, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0149 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.066 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.3363, 56.4906, 37.0477)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC896 #969BCD

analogous

#CDAC96 #CDC896 #B7CD96

triadic

#CDC896 #96CDC8 #C896CD

tetradic

#CDC896 #96CDAC #969BCD #CD96B7

square

#CDC896 #96CDAC #969BCD #CD96B7

split-complementary

#CDC896 #96B7CD #AC96CD

monochromatic

#9E964B #B9B26D #CDC896 #E1DEBF #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CDC896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC896

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC896	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.066 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8b5',
    500: '#cdc896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc896;
$custom-light: #ddd8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8245,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC896

secondary

#656BA2

accent

#42AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC896

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

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