#CDC98F#CDC98F

#CDC98F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.076 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC98F
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 143)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 30.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -7.57, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 30.51, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0192 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.076 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0217, 56.7366, 34.2448)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC98F #8F93CD

analogous

#CDAA8F #CDC98F #B2CD8F

triadic

#CDC98F #8FCDC9 #C98FCD

tetradic

#CDC98F #8FCDAA #8F93CD #CD8FB2

square

#CDC98F #8FCDAA #8F93CD #CD8FB2

split-complementary

#CDC98F #8FB2CD #AA8FCD

monochromatic

#9C9646 #BAB565 #CDC98F #E0DDB9 #F3F2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CDC98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC98F

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC98F	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.076 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9b0',
    500: '#cdc98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc98f;
$custom-light: #ddd9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82519,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC98F

secondary

#5E62A2

accent

#3CB134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC98F

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

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