#CDC96F#CDC96F

#CDC96F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.113 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC96F
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 111)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 45.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -11.15, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 46.57, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0318 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.113 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9338, 55.9014, 23.2482)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC96F #6F73CD

analogous

#CD9A6F #CDC96F #A2CD6F

triadic

#CDC96F #6FCDC9 #C96FCD

tetradic

#CDC96F #6FCD9A #6F73CD #CD6FA2

square

#CDC96F #6FCD9A #6F73CD #CD6FA2

split-complementary

#CDC96F #6FA2CD #9A6FCD

monochromatic

#908C32 #BDB842 #CDC96F #DDDA9C #EDEBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CDC96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC96F

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC96F	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)

#D6C367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.113 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded99a',
    500: '#cdc96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc96f;
$custom-light: #ded99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81989,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC96F

secondary

#4A4D96

accent

#30BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC96F

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

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