#CDDD96#CDDD96

#CDDD96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.094 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDD96
RGB	rgb(205, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(74, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -16.78, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 37.15, 116.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0452 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.094 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5381, 66.8943, 38.7816)
Luminance	0.6689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDD96 #A696DD

analogous

#DDC996 #CDDD96 #A9DD96

triadic

#CDDD96 #96CDDD #DD96CD

tetradic

#CDDD96 #96DDC9 #A696DD #DD96A9

square

#CDDD96 #96DDC9 #A696DD #DD96A9

split-complementary

#CDDD96 #96A9DD #C996DD

monochromatic

#9FBC3D #B7CE68 #CDDD96 #E3ECC4 #F4F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CDDD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#CDDD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDD96

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDD96	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.094 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde7b5',
    500: '#cddd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddd96;
$custom-light: #dde7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.521,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86864,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDD96

secondary

#7562B5

accent

#27BE49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDD96

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

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