#CDD697#CDD697

#CDD697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.083 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD697
RGB	rgb(205, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 29.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -13.15, 30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 32.92, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0349 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.083 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8092, 63.3071, 38.6043)
Luminance	0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD697 #A097D6

analogous

#D6C097 #CDD697 #AED697

triadic

#CDD697 #97CDD6 #D697CD

tetradic

#CDD697 #97D6C0 #A097D6 #D697AE

square

#CDD697 #97D6C0 #A097D6 #D697AE

split-complementary

#CDD697 #97AED6 #C097D6

monochromatic

#9FAE45 #B8C56B #CDD697 #E2E7C3 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#CDD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD697

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD697	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.083 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde2b6',
    500: '#cdd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd697;
$custom-light: #dde2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 43.448,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85399,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD697

secondary

#6F65AD

accent

#2FB742

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD697

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

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