#CDCA96#CDCA96

#CDCA96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.069 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA96
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -7.17, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 27.37, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0179 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.069 105)
XYZ	xyz(51.8025, 57.4231, 37.2031)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA96 #9699CD

analogous

#CDAF96 #CDCA96 #B5CD96

triadic

#CDCA96 #96CDCA #CA96CD

tetradic

#CDCA96 #96CDAF #9699CD #CD96B5

square

#CDCA96 #96CDAF #9699CD #CD96B5

split-complementary

#CDCA96 #96B5CD #AF96CD

monochromatic

#9E994B #B9B56D #CDCA96 #E1DFBF #F4F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CDCA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA96

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA96	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.069 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddab5',
    500: '#cdca96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca96;
$custom-light: #dddab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82865,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.57422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA96

secondary

#6568A2

accent

#3EAE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA96

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

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