#CDCE97#CDCE97

#CDCE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.073 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE97
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 151)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -9.09, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 28.81, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0233 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.073 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8341, 59.3568, 37.9459)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE97 #9897CE

analogous

#CEB497 #CDCE97 #B1CE97

triadic

#CDCE97 #97CDCE #CE97CD

tetradic

#CDCE97 #97CEB4 #9897CE #CE97B1

square

#CDCE97 #97CEB4 #9897CE #CE97B1

split-complementary

#CDCE97 #97B1CE #B497CE

monochromatic

#9E9F4B #B9BA6D #CDCE97 #E1E2C1 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#CDCE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE97

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE97	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.073 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb6',
    500: '#cdce97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce97;
$custom-light: #dddcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83719,
    "c": 0.07258,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE97

secondary

#6766A3

accent

#37AF39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE97

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

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