#CDC99B#CDC99B

#CDC99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.061 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC99B
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -5.97, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 24.30, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0143 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.061 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9799, 57.1198, 39.2910)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC99B #9B9FCD

analogous

#CDB09B #CDC99B #B8CD9B

triadic

#CDC99B #9BCDC9 #C99BCD

tetradic

#CDC99B #9BCDB0 #9B9FCD #CD9BB8

square

#CDC99B #9BCDB0 #9B9FCD #CD9BB8

split-complementary

#CDC99B #9BB8CD #B09BCD

monochromatic

#9E984F #B9B372 #CDC99B #E1DFC4 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDC99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC99B

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC99B	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)

#D1C698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.061 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9b8',
    500: '#cdc99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc99b;
$custom-light: #dcd9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82761,
    "c": 0.06138,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC99B

secondary

#6A6EA2

accent

#43AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC99B

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

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