#CDC99E#CDC99E

#CDC99E is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.058 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC99E
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -5.55, 22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 22.74, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0131 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.058 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2349, 57.2219, 40.6343)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC99E #9EA2CD

analogous

#CDB19E #CDC99E #B9CD9E

triadic

#CDC99E #9ECDC9 #C99ECD

tetradic

#CDC99E #9ECDB1 #9EA2CD #CD9EB9

square

#CDC99E #9ECDB1 #9EA2CD #CD9EB9

split-complementary

#CDC99E #9EB9CD #B19ECD

monochromatic

#9F9852 #B8B376 #CDC99E #E2DFC6 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CDC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC99E

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC99E	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)

#D1C69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.058 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9ba',
    500: '#cdc99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc99e;
$custom-light: #dcd9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82825,
    "c": 0.05756,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC99E

secondary

#6D71A2

accent

#44AB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC99E

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

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