#CDCB96#CDCB96

#CDCB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.070 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB96
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -7.68, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 27.85, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0193 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.07 106)
XYZ	xyz(52.0379, 57.8938, 37.2816)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB96 #9698CD

analogous

#CDB096 #CDCB96 #B4CD96

triadic

#CDCB96 #96CDCB #CB96CD

tetradic

#CDCB96 #96CDB0 #9698CD #CD96B4

square

#CDCB96 #96CDB0 #9698CD #CD96B4

split-complementary

#CDCB96 #96B4CD #B096CD

monochromatic

#9E9B4B #B9B66D #CDCB96 #E1E0BF #F4F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CDCB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB96

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB96	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.070 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddab5',
    500: '#cdcb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb96;
$custom-light: #dddab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83073,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.57893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB96

secondary

#6567A2

accent

#3BAE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB96

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

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