#CDCD85#CDCD85

#CDCD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.093 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD85
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -10.84, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 37.50, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0291 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.093 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2423, 58.3362, 30.7464)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD85 #8585CD

analogous

#CDA985 #CDCD85 #A9CD85

triadic

#CDCD85 #85CDCD #CD85CD

tetradic

#CDCD85 #85CDA9 #8585CD #CD85A9

square

#CDCD85 #85CDA9 #8585CD #CD85A9

split-complementary

#CDCD85 #85A9CD #A985CD

monochromatic

#99993F #BBBB5A #CDCD85 #DFDFB0 #F1F1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CDCD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD85

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD85	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.093 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddca9',
    500: '#cdcd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd85;
$custom-light: #dddca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83176,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD85

secondary

#57579F

accent

#31B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD85

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

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