#CDC993#CDC993

#CDC993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.071 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC993
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 147)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 28.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -7.05, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 28.45, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0176 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.071 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3302, 56.8599, 35.8692)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC993 #9397CD

analogous

#CDAC93 #CDC993 #B4CD93

triadic

#CDC993 #93CDC9 #C993CD

tetradic

#CDC993 #93CDAC #9397CD #CD93B4

square

#CDC993 #93CDAC #9397CD #CD93B4

split-complementary

#CDC993 #93B4CD #AC93CD

monochromatic

#9D9749 #BAB469 #CDC993 #E0DEBD #F4F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CDC993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC993

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC993	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C58F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.071 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9b3',
    500: '#cdc993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc993;
$custom-light: #ddd9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82597,
    "c": 0.0714,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC993

secondary

#6266A2

accent

#3EB036

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC993

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

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