#CDCD8C#CDCD8C

#CDCD8C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.085 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD8C
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 140)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -10.00, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 33.95, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0263 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.085 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7421, 58.5361, 33.3787)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD8C #8C8CCD

analogous

#CDAC8C #CDCD8C #ACCD8C

triadic

#CDCD8C #8CCDCD #CD8CCD

tetradic

#CDCD8C #8CCDAC #8C8CCD #CD8CAC

square

#CDCD8C #8CCDAC #8C8CCD #CD8CAC

split-complementary

#CDCD8C #8CACCD #AC8CCD

monochromatic

#9B9B43 #BABA61 #CDCD8C #E0E0B7 #F2F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCD8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#CDCD8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD8C

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD8C	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.085 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcae',
    500: '#cdcd8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd8c;
$custom-light: #dddcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.833,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD8C

secondary

#5C5CA2

accent

#33B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD8C

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

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