#CDC997#CDC997

#CDC997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.066 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC997
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -6.52, 25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 26.38, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.016 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.066 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6495, 56.9877, 37.5510)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC997 #979BCD

analogous

#CDAE97 #CDC997 #B6CD97

triadic

#CDC997 #97CDC9 #C997CD

tetradic

#CDC997 #97CDAE #979BCD #CD97B6

square

#CDC997 #97CDAE #979BCD #CD97B6

split-complementary

#CDC997 #97B6CD #AE97CD

monochromatic

#9E984C #B9B46E #CDC997 #E1DEC0 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CDC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC997

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC997	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.066 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9b6',
    500: '#cdc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc997;
$custom-light: #ddd9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82678,
    "c": 0.06641,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC997

secondary

#666AA2

accent

#40AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC997

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

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