#CDCD97#CDCD97

#CDCD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.071 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD97
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -8.58, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 28.31, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0219 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.071 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5941, 58.8769, 37.8659)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD97 #9797CD

analogous

#CDB297 #CDCD97 #B2CD97

triadic

#CDCD97 #97CDCD #CD97CD

tetradic

#CDCD97 #97CDB2 #9797CD #CD97B2

square

#CDCD97 #97CDB2 #9797CD #CD97B2

split-complementary

#CDCD97 #97B2CD #B297CD

monochromatic

#9E9E4C #B9B96E #CDCD97 #E1E1C0 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#CDCD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD97

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD97	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.071 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb6',
    500: '#cdcd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd97;
$custom-light: #dddcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8351,
    "c": 0.07131,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD97

secondary

#6666A2

accent

#38AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD97

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

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