#CDCD96#CDCD96

#CDCD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.073 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD96
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -8.71, 27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 28.83, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0223 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.073 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5133, 58.8446, 37.4400)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD96 #9696CD

analogous

#CDB296 #CDCD96 #B2CD96

triadic

#CDCD96 #96CDCD #CD96CD

tetradic

#CDCD96 #96CDB2 #9696CD #CD96B2

square

#CDCD96 #96CDB2 #9696CD #CD96B2

split-complementary

#CDCD96 #96B2CD #B296CD

monochromatic

#9E9E4B #B9B96D #CDCD96 #E1E1BF #F4F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#CDCD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD96

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD96	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.073 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb5',
    500: '#cdcd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd96;
$custom-light: #dddcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8349,
    "c": 0.07255,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD96

secondary

#6565A2

accent

#37AE37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD96

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

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