#CDCC96#CDCC96

#CDCC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.071 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC96
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -8.20, 27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 28.34, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0208 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.071 107)
XYZ	xyz(52.2748, 58.3677, 37.3605)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC96 #9697CD

analogous

#CDB196 #CDCC96 #B3CD96

triadic

#CDCC96 #96CDCC #CC96CD

tetradic

#CDCC96 #96CDB1 #9697CD #CD96B3

square

#CDCC96 #96CDB1 #9697CD #CD96B3

split-complementary

#CDCC96 #96B3CD #B196CD

monochromatic

#9E9C4B #B9B86D #CDCC96 #E1E0BF #F4F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CDCC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC96

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC96	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.071 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddbb5',
    500: '#cdcc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc96;
$custom-light: #dddbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83282,
    "c": 0.0713,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.58367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC96

secondary

#6566A2

accent

#39AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC96

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

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