#CDCA9D#CDCA9D

#CDCA9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.060 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA9D
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -6.21, 22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 23.74, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.015 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.06 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3831, 57.6553, 40.2608)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA9D #9DA0CD

analogous

#CDB29D #CDCA9D #B8CD9D

triadic

#CDCA9D #9DCDCA #CA9DCD

tetradic

#CDCA9D #9DCDB2 #9DA0CD #CD9DB8

square

#CDCA9D #9DCDB2 #9DA0CD #CD9DB8

split-complementary

#CDCA9D #9DB8CD #B29DCD

monochromatic

#9F9A51 #B8B474 #CDCA9D #E2E0C6 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CDCA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA9D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA9D	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.060 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdaba',
    500: '#cdca9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca9d;
$custom-light: #dcdaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8301,
    "c": 0.06004,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA9D

secondary

#6C6FA2

accent

#41AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA9D

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

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