#CDCD98#CDCD98

#CDCD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.070 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD98
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 152)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -8.44, 26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 27.80, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0214 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.07 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6757, 58.9095, 38.2954)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD98 #9898CD

analogous

#CDB398 #CDCD98 #B3CD98

triadic

#CDCD98 #98CDCD #CD98CD

tetradic

#CDCD98 #98CDB3 #9898CD #CD98B3

square

#CDCD98 #98CDB3 #9898CD #CD98B3

split-complementary

#CDCD98 #98B2CD #B298CD

monochromatic

#9E9E4D #B9B96F #CDCD98 #E1E1C1 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#CDCD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD98

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD98	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)

#D6C995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.070 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb6',
    500: '#cdcd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd98;
$custom-light: #dddcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8353,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD98

secondary

#6767A2

accent

#38AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD98

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

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