#CDCA97#CDCA97

#CDCA97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.068 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA97
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -7.04, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 26.85, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0174 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.068 105)
XYZ	xyz(51.8834, 57.4554, 37.6290)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA97 #979ACD

analogous

#CDAF97 #CDCA97 #B5CD97

triadic

#CDCA97 #97CDCA #CA97CD

tetradic

#CDCA97 #97CDAF #979ACD #CD97B5

square

#CDCA97 #97CDAF #979ACD #CD97B5

split-complementary

#CDCA97 #97B5CD #AF97CD

monochromatic

#9E994C #B9B56E #CDCA97 #E1DFC0 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CDCA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA97

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA97	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.068 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddab6',
    500: '#cdca97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca97;
$custom-light: #dddab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82885,
    "c": 0.06761,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.57455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA97

secondary

#6669A2

accent

#3EAE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA97

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

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