#CDCD6D#CDCD6D

#CDCD6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.119 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD6D
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -13.36, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 49.30, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0383 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.119 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7695, 57.7471, 22.9896)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD6D #6D6DCD

analogous

#CD9D6D #CDCD6D #9DCD6D

triadic

#CDCD6D #6DCDCD #CD6DCD

tetradic

#CDCD6D #6DCD9D #6D6DCD #CD6D9D

square

#CDCD6D #6DCD9D #6D6DCD #CD6D9D

split-complementary

#CDCD6D #6D9DCD #9D6DCD

monochromatic

#8F8F31 #BCBC40 #CDCD6D #DDDD9B #ECECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#CDCD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD6D

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD6D	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.119 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc99',
    500: '#cdcd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd6d;
$custom-light: #dedc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82809,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD6D

secondary

#494995

accent

#29BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD6D

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

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