#CDC96E#CDC96E

#CDC96E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.114 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC96E
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -11.24, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 47.05, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0322 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.114 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8790, 55.8795, 22.9598)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC96E #6E72CD

analogous

#CD9A6E #CDC96E #A2CD6E

triadic

#CDC96E #6ECDC9 #C96ECD

tetradic

#CDC96E #6ECD9A #6E72CD #CD6EA2

square

#CDC96E #6ECD9A #6E72CD #CD6EA2

split-complementary

#CDC96E #6EA2CD #9A6ECD

monochromatic

#8F8B31 #BDB841 #CDC96E #DDDA9C #ECEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CDC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC96E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC96E	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.114 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded999',
    500: '#cdc96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc96e;
$custom-light: #ded999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81975,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC96E

secondary

#4A4D96

accent

#30BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC96E

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

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