#CDCF99#CDCF99

#CDCF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.071 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCF99
RGB	rgb(205, 207, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(62, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 26.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -9.33, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 28.28, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.024 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.071 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2394, 59.9054, 38.8891)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCF99 #9B99CF

analogous

#CFB699 #CDCF99 #B2CF99

triadic

#CDCF99 #99CDCF #CF99CD

tetradic

#CDCF99 #99CFB6 #9B99CF #CF99B2

square

#CDCF99 #99CFB6 #9B99CF #CF99B2

split-complementary

#CDCF99 #99B2CF #B699CF

monochromatic

#9EA24C #B9BB6F #CDCF99 #E1E3C3 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDCF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#CDCF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCF99

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCF99	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 207, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.071 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcddb7',
    500: '#cdcf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcf99;
$custom-light: #dcddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83968,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCF99

secondary

#6A68A5

accent

#37AF3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCF99

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

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