#CDCA99#CDCA99

#CDCA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.065 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA99
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -6.76, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 25.82, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0166 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.065 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0472, 57.5209, 38.4917)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA99 #999CCD

analogous

#CDB099 #CDCA99 #B6CD99

triadic

#CDCA99 #99CDCA #CA99CD

tetradic

#CDCA99 #99CDB0 #999CCD #CD99B6

square

#CDCA99 #99CDB0 #999CCD #CD99B6

split-complementary

#CDCA99 #99B6CD #B099CD

monochromatic

#9E994D #B9B570 #CDCA99 #E1DFC2 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDCA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA99

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA99	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.065 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdab7',
    500: '#cdca99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca99;
$custom-light: #dcdab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82926,
    "c": 0.0651,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA99

secondary

#686BA2

accent

#3FAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA99

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

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