#CDC96A#CDC96A

#CDC96A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.118 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC96A
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -11.62, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 48.98, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0336 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.118 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6661, 55.7943, 21.8387)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC96A #6A6ECD

analogous

#CD976A #CDC96A #9FCD6A

triadic

#CDC96A #6ACDC9 #C96ACD

tetradic

#CDC96A #6ACD97 #6A6ECD #CD6A9F

square

#CDC96A #6ACD97 #6A6ECD #CD6A9F

split-complementary

#CDC96A #6A9FCD #976ACD

monochromatic

#8D892F #BBB63F #CDC96A #DCDA98 #ECEAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDC96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC96A

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC96A	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.118 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded997',
    500: '#cdc96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc96a;
$custom-light: #ded997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81921,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC96A

secondary

#474B94

accent

#2EBD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC96A

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

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