#CDC899#CDC899

#CDC899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.063 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC899
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -5.73, 24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 24.87, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0137 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.063 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5810, 56.5885, 38.3363)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC899 #999ECD

analogous

#CDAE99 #CDC899 #B8CD99

triadic

#CDC899 #99CDC8 #C899CD

tetradic

#CDC899 #99CDAE #999ECD #CD99B8

square

#CDC899 #99CDAE #999ECD #CD99B8

split-complementary

#CDC899 #99B8CD #AE99CD

monochromatic

#9E964D #B9B270 #CDC899 #E1DEC2 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CDC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC899

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC899	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.063 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8b7',
    500: '#cdc899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc899;
$custom-light: #dcd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82512,
    "c": 0.06273,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC899

secondary

#686EA2

accent

#44AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC899

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

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