#CDD97B#CDD97B

#CDD97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.119 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD97B
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 123)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(68, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 43.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -17.96, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 48.26, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0502 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.119 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5654, 64.0355, 28.2733)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD97B #877BD9

analogous

#D9B67B #CDD97B #9ED97B

triadic

#CDD97B #7BCDD9 #D97BCD

tetradic

#CDD97B #7BD9B6 #877BD9 #D97B9E

square

#CDD97B #7BD9B6 #877BD9 #D97B9E

split-complementary

#CDD97B #7B9ED9 #B67BD9

monochromatic

#9AA931 #BBCB4B #CDD97B #DFE7AB #F1F4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CDD97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#CDD97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD97B

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD97B	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.119 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee4a3',
    500: '#cdd97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd97b;
$custom-light: #dee4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85565,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD97B

secondary

#584CAC

accent

#23C337

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD97B

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

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