#CDCD8A#CDCD8A

#CDCD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.087 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD8A
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -10.24, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 34.97, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0271 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.087 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5960, 58.4777, 32.6091)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD8A #8A8ACD

analogous

#CDAC8A #CDCD8A #ACCD8A

triadic

#CDCD8A #8ACDCD #CD8ACD

tetradic

#CDCD8A #8ACDAC #8A8ACD #CD8AAC

square

#CDCD8A #8ACDAC #8A8ACD #CD8AAC

split-complementary

#CDCD8A #8AACCD #AC8ACD

monochromatic

#9B9B42 #BBBB5F #CDCD8A #DFDFB5 #F2F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CDCD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD8A

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD8A	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.087 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcad',
    500: '#cdcd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd8a;
$custom-light: #dddcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83263,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD8A

secondary

#5A5AA1

accent

#32B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD8A

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

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