#CDC995#CDC995

#CDC995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.069 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC995
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 149)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -6.79, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 27.42, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0168 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.069 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4885, 56.9233, 36.7029)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC995 #9599CD

analogous

#CDAD95 #CDC995 #B5CD95

triadic

#CDC995 #95CDC9 #C995CD

tetradic

#CDC995 #95CDAD #9599CD #CD95B5

square

#CDC995 #95CDAD #9599CD #CD95B5

split-complementary

#CDC995 #95B5CD #AD95CD

monochromatic

#9D974A #B9B46B #CDC995 #E1DEBF #F4F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CDC995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC995

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC995	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)

#D2C592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.069 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9b4',
    500: '#cdc995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc995;
$custom-light: #ddd9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82637,
    "c": 0.06891,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC995

secondary

#6468A2

accent

#3FAF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC995

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

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