#CDC96D#CDC96D

#CDC96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.115 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC96D
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -11.34, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 47.54, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0326 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.115 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8249, 55.8578, 22.6747)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC96D #6D71CD

analogous

#CD996D #CDC96D #A1CD6D

triadic

#CDC96D #6DCDC9 #C96DCD

tetradic

#CDC96D #6DCD99 #6D71CD #CD6DA1

square

#CDC96D #6DCD99 #6D71CD #CD6DA1

split-complementary

#CDC96D #6DA1CD #996DCD

monochromatic

#8F8B31 #BCB740 #CDC96D #DDDA9B #ECEBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CDC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC96D

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC96D	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)

#D7C365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.115 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded999',
    500: '#cdc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc96d;
$custom-light: #ded999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81961,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC96D

secondary

#494C95

accent

#2FBC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC96D

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

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