#CDC98D#CDC98D

#CDC98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.079 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC98D
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 141)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -7.82, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 31.54, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0201 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.079 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8716, 56.6765, 33.4540)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC98D #8D91CD

analogous

#CDA98D #CDC98D #B1CD8D

triadic

#CDC98D #8DCDC9 #C98DCD

tetradic

#CDC98D #8DCDA9 #8D91CD #CD8DB1

square

#CDC98D #8DCDA9 #8D91CD #CD8DB1

split-complementary

#CDC98D #8DB1CD #A98DCD

monochromatic

#9B9644 #BAB562 #CDC98D #E0DDB8 #F2F1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CDC98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC98D

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC98D	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.079 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9af',
    500: '#cdc98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc98d;
$custom-light: #ddd9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82481,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC98D

secondary

#5C61A2

accent

#3BB233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC98D

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

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