#CDC99D#CDC99D

#CDC99D is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.059 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC99D
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -5.69, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 23.26, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0135 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.059 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1492, 57.1876, 40.1829)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC99D #9DA1CD

analogous

#CDB19D #CDC99D #B9CD9D

triadic

#CDC99D #9DCDC9 #C99DCD

tetradic

#CDC99D #9DCDB1 #9DA1CD #CD9DB9

square

#CDC99D #9DCDB1 #9DA1CD #CD9DB9

split-complementary

#CDC99D #9DB9CD #B19DCD

monochromatic

#9F9851 #B8B374 #CDC99D #E2DFC6 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CDC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC99D

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC99D	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.059 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9ba',
    500: '#cdc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc99d;
$custom-light: #dcd9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82803,
    "c": 0.05883,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC99D

secondary

#6C70A2

accent

#44AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC99D

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

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