#CDD596#CDD596

#CDD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.083 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD596
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -12.78, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 32.90, 112.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0339 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.083 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4761, 62.7702, 38.0943)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD596 #9E96D5

analogous

#D5BD96 #CDD596 #ADD596

triadic

#CDD596 #96CDD5 #D596CD

tetradic

#CDD596 #96D5BD #9E96D5 #D596AD

square

#CDD596 #96D5BD #9E96D5 #D596AD

split-complementary

#CDD596 #96ADD5 #BD96D5

monochromatic

#9FAC45 #B8C46A #CDD596 #E2E6C2 #F5F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#CDD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD596

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD596	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.083 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b5',
    500: '#cdd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd596;
$custom-light: #dde1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.619,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85169,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD596

secondary

#6D64AB

accent

#30B641

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD596

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

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