#CDCC9D#CDCC9D

#CDCC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.063 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC9D
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 157)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -7.24, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 24.71, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0179 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.063 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8554, 58.5999, 40.4183)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC9D #9D9ECD

analogous

#CDB49D #CDCC9D #B6CD9D

triadic

#CDCC9D #9DCDCC #CC9DCD

tetradic

#CDCC9D #9DCDB4 #9D9ECD #CD9DB6

square

#CDCC9D #9DCDB4 #9D9ECD #CD9DB6

split-complementary

#CDCC9D #9DB6CD #B49DCD

monochromatic

#9F9D51 #B8B774 #CDCC9D #E2E1C6 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CDCC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC9D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC9D	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.063 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdbba',
    500: '#cdcc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc9d;
$custom-light: #dcdbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83425,
    "c": 0.06251,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC9D

secondary

#6C6DA2

accent

#3DAB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC9D

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

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