#CDCF96#CDCF96

#CDCF96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.075 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCF96
RGB	rgb(205, 207, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 27.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -9.73, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 29.82, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0252 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.075 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9947, 59.8075, 37.6005)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCF96 #9896CF

analogous

#CFB496 #CDCF96 #B1CF96

triadic

#CDCF96 #96CDCF #CF96CD

tetradic

#CDCF96 #96CFB4 #9896CF #CF96B1

square

#CDCF96 #96CFB4 #9896CF #CF96B1

split-complementary

#CDCF96 #96B1CF #B496CF

monochromatic

#9EA14A #B9BC6C #CDCF96 #E1E2C0 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDCF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#CDCF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCF96

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCF96	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 207, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.075 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddddb5',
    500: '#cdcf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcf96;
$custom-light: #ddddb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.105,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83908,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCF96

secondary

#6765A5

accent

#35B03A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCF96

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

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