#CDC996#CDC996

#CDC996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.068 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC996
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -6.65, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 26.90, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0164 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.068 104)
XYZ	xyz(51.5686, 56.9553, 37.1251)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC996 #969ACD

analogous

#CDAE96 #CDC996 #B6CD96

triadic

#CDC996 #96CDC9 #C996CD

tetradic

#CDC996 #96CDAE #969ACD #CD96B6

square

#CDC996 #96CDAE #969ACD #CD96B6

split-complementary

#CDC996 #96B6CD #AE96CD

monochromatic

#9E984B #B9B46D #CDC996 #E1DEBF #F4F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CDC996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC996

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC996	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.068 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9b5',
    500: '#cdc996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc996;
$custom-light: #ddd9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82657,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.56954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC996

secondary

#6569A2

accent

#40AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC996

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

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