#CDCC99#CDCC99

#CDCC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.068 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC99
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -7.79, 25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 26.79, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0196 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.068 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5195, 58.4655, 38.6491)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC99 #999ACD

analogous

#CDB299 #CDCC99 #B4CD99

triadic

#CDCC99 #99CDCC #CC99CD

tetradic

#CDCC99 #99CDB2 #999ACD #CD99B4

square

#CDCC99 #99CDB2 #999ACD #CD99B4

split-complementary

#CDCC99 #99B4CD #B299CD

monochromatic

#9E9D4D #B9B770 #CDCC99 #E1E1C2 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CDCC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC99

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC99	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.068 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdbb7',
    500: '#cdcc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc99;
$custom-light: #dcdbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83342,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC99

secondary

#6869A2

accent

#3BAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC99

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

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