#CDC99A#CDC99A

#CDC99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.063 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC99A
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 154)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -6.11, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 24.82, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0147 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.063 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8962, 57.0864, 38.8505)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC99A #9A9ECD

analogous

#CDAF9A #CDC99A #B7CD9A

triadic

#CDC99A #9ACDC9 #C99ACD

tetradic

#CDC99A #9ACDAF #9A9ECD #CD9AB7

square

#CDC99A #9ACDAF #9A9ECD #CD9AB7

split-complementary

#CDC99A #9AB7CD #AF9ACD

monochromatic

#9E984E #B9B371 #CDC99A #E1DFC3 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDC99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC99A

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC99A	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.063 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9b8',
    500: '#cdc99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc99a;
$custom-light: #dcd9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8274,
    "c": 0.06264,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC99A

secondary

#696DA2

accent

#42AD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC99A

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

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