#CDCC9B#CDCC9B

#CDCC9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.065 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC9B
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 155)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -7.52, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 25.75, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0187 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.065 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6860, 58.5322, 39.5264)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC9B #9B9CCD

analogous

#CDB39B #CDCC9B #B5CD9B

triadic

#CDCC9B #9BCDCC #CC9BCD

tetradic

#CDCC9B #9BCDB3 #9B9CCD #CD9BB5

square

#CDCC9B #9BCDB3 #9B9CCD #CD9BB5

split-complementary

#CDCC9B #9BB5CD #B39BCD

monochromatic

#9E9D4F #B9B772 #CDCC9B #E1E1C4 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#CDCC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC9B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC9B	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.065 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdbb8',
    500: '#cdcc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc9b;
$custom-light: #dcdbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83384,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC9B

secondary

#6A6BA2

accent

#3CAC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC9B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →