#CDC99F#CDC99F

#CDC99F is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.056 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC99F
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -5.41, 21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 22.21, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0127 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.056 103)
XYZ	xyz(52.3214, 57.2564, 41.0895)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC99F #9FA3CD

analogous

#CDB29F #CDC99F #BACD9F

triadic

#CDC99F #9FCDC9 #C99FCD

tetradic

#CDC99F #9FCDB2 #9FA3CD #CD9FBA

square

#CDC99F #9FCDB2 #9FA3CD #CD9FBA

split-complementary

#CDC99F #9FBACD #B29FCD

monochromatic

#9F9853 #B8B277 #CDC99F #E2E0C7 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CDC99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC99F

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC99F	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.056 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9bb',
    500: '#cdc99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc99f;
$custom-light: #dcd9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82847,
    "c": 0.05629,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.57256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC99F

secondary

#6E72A2

accent

#45AA3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC99F

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

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