#CDCC97#CDCC97

#CDCC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.070 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC97
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -8.06, 26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 27.82, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0204 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.07 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3557, 58.4000, 37.7864)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC97 #9798CD

analogous

#CDB197 #CDCC97 #B3CD97

triadic

#CDCC97 #97CDCC #CC97CD

tetradic

#CDCC97 #97CDB1 #9798CD #CD97B3

square

#CDCC97 #97CDB1 #9798CD #CD97B3

split-complementary

#CDCC97 #97B3CD #B197CD

monochromatic

#9E9C4C #B9B86E #CDCC97 #E1E0C0 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#CDCC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC97

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC97	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.070 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddbb6',
    500: '#cdcc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc97;
$custom-light: #dddbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83302,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC97

secondary

#6667A2

accent

#3AAE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC97

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

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