#CDC98E#CDC98E

#CDC98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.078 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC98E
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -7.70, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 31.03, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0197 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.078 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9463, 56.7064, 33.8476)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC98E #8E92CD

analogous

#CDA98E #CDC98E #B1CD8E

triadic

#CDC98E #8ECDC9 #C98ECD

tetradic

#CDC98E #8ECDA9 #8E92CD #CD8EB1

square

#CDC98E #8ECDA9 #8E92CD #CD8EB1

split-complementary

#CDC98E #8EB1CD #A98ECD

monochromatic

#9C9645 #BAB564 #CDC98E #E0DDB8 #F3F2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CDC98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC98E

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC98E	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)

#D3C58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.078 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9af',
    500: '#cdc98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc98e;
$custom-light: #ddd9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.825,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC98E

secondary

#5D62A2

accent

#3CB234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC98E

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

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