#CDCE96#CDCE96

#CDCE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.074 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE96
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -9.22, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 29.32, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0237 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.074 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7532, 59.3245, 37.5200)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE96 #9796CE

analogous

#CEB396 #CDCE96 #B1CE96

triadic

#CDCE96 #96CDCE #CE96CD

tetradic

#CDCE96 #96CEB3 #9796CE #CE96B1

square

#CDCE96 #96CEB3 #9796CE #CE96B1

split-complementary

#CDCE96 #96B1CE #B396CE

monochromatic

#9E9F4A #B9BB6C #CDCE96 #E1E1C0 #F5F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CDCE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE96

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE96	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.074 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb5',
    500: '#cdce96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce96;
$custom-light: #dddcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83699,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE96

secondary

#6665A3

accent

#36AF38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE96

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

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