#CDC96C#CDC96C

#CDC96C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC96C
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 108)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -11.43, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 48.02, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0329 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.116 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7714, 55.8364, 22.3928)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC96C #6C70CD

analogous

#CD996C #CDC96C #A1CD6C

triadic

#CDC96C #6CCDC9 #C96CCD

tetradic

#CDC96C #6CCD99 #6C70CD #CD6CA1

square

#CDC96C #6CCD99 #6C70CD #CD6CA1

split-complementary

#CDC96C #6CA1CD #996CCD

monochromatic

#8E8A30 #BCB740 #CDC96C #DDDA9A #ECEBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CDC96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC96C

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC96C	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded998',
    500: '#cdc96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc96c;
$custom-light: #ded998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.526,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81948,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC96C

secondary

#484C95

accent

#2FBD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC96C

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

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