#CDCD8E#CDCD8E

#CDCD8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.082 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD8E
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 142)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -9.75, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 32.93, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0255 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.082 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8909, 58.5956, 34.1625)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD8E #8E8ECD

analogous

#CDAD8E #CDCD8E #ADCD8E

triadic

#CDCD8E #8ECDCD #CD8ECD

tetradic

#CDCD8E #8ECDAD #8E8ECD #CD8EAD

square

#CDCD8E #8ECDAD #8E8ECD #CD8EAD

split-complementary

#CDCD8E #8EADCD #AD8ECD

monochromatic

#9C9C45 #BABA64 #CDCD8E #E0E0B8 #F3F3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CDCD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD8E

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD8E	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C88A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CB91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.082 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcaf',
    500: '#cdcd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd8e;
$custom-light: #dddcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83336,
    "c": 0.08236,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD8E

secondary

#5D5DA2

accent

#34B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD8E

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

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