#CDC994#CDC994

#CDC994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.070 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC994
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 148)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 27.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -6.92, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 27.93, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0172 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.07 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4090, 56.8915, 36.2842)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC994 #9498CD

analogous

#CDAD94 #CDC994 #B5CD94

triadic

#CDC994 #94CDC9 #C994CD

tetradic

#CDC994 #94CDAD #9498CD #CD94B5

square

#CDC994 #94CDAD #9498CD #CD94B5

split-complementary

#CDC994 #94B5CD #AD94CD

monochromatic

#9D9749 #BAB46A #CDC994 #E0DEBE #F4F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CDC994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC994

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC994	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.070 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9b3',
    500: '#cdc994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc994;
$custom-light: #ddd9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82617,
    "c": 0.07015,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC994

secondary

#6367A2

accent

#3FAF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC994

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

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