#CDCD81#CDCD81

#CDCD81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.098 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD81
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -11.30, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 39.51, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0307 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.098 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9712, 58.2277, 29.3186)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD81 #8181CD

analogous

#CDA781 #CDCD81 #A7CD81

triadic

#CDCD81 #81CDCD #CD81CD

tetradic

#CDCD81 #81CDA7 #8181CD #CD81A7

square

#CDCD81 #81CDA7 #8181CD #CD81A7

split-complementary

#CDCD81 #81A7CD #A781CD

monochromatic

#97973C #BCBC55 #CDCD81 #DEDEAD #F0F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#CDCD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD81

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD81	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C77B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.098 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddca6',
    500: '#cdcd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd81;
$custom-light: #dddca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83108,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD81

secondary

#54549E

accent

#2FB62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD81

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

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