#CDCD8B#CDCD8B

#CDCD8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.086 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD8B
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -10.12, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 34.46, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0267 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.086 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6687, 58.5067, 32.9922)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD8B #8B8BCD

analogous

#CDAC8B #CDCD8B #ACCD8B

triadic

#CDCD8B #8BCDCD #CD8BCD

tetradic

#CDCD8B #8BCDAC #8B8BCD #CD8BAC

square

#CDCD8B #8BCDAC #8B8BCD #CD8BAC

split-complementary

#CDCD8B #8BACCD #AC8BCD

monochromatic

#9B9B43 #BBBB60 #CDCD8B #DFDFB6 #F2F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CDCD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD8B

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD8B	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)

#D7C886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.086 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcad',
    500: '#cdcd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd8b;
$custom-light: #dddcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83281,
    "c": 0.08596,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD8B

secondary

#5B5BA1

accent

#33B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD8B

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

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