#CDD899#CDD899

#CDD899 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.083 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD899
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(70, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -13.89, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 32.97, 114.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0369 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.083 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4823, 64.3911, 39.6367)
Luminance	0.6439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD899 #A499D8

analogous

#D8C399 #CDD899 #AED899

triadic

#CDD899 #99CDD8 #D899CD

tetradic

#CDD899 #99D8C3 #A499D8 #D899AE

square

#CDD899 #99D8C3 #A499D8 #D899AE

split-complementary

#CDD899 #99AED8 #C399D8

monochromatic

#9FB244 #B7C76D #CDD899 #E3E9C5 #F4F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CDD899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#CDD899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD899

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD899	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.083 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4b7',
    500: '#cdd899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd899;
$custom-light: #dde4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.476,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8586,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD899

secondary

#7366AF

accent

#2EB846

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD899

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

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