#CDCD8F#CDCD8F

#CDCD8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.081 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD8F
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 143)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -9.62, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 32.42, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0251 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.081 108)
XYZ	xyz(51.9664, 58.6258, 34.5596)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD8F #8F8FCD

analogous

#CDAE8F #CDCD8F #AECD8F

triadic

#CDCD8F #8FCDCD #CD8FCD

tetradic

#CDCD8F #8FCDAE #8F8FCD #CD8FAE

square

#CDCD8F #8FCDAE #8F8FCD #CD8FAE

split-complementary

#CDCD8F #8FAECD #AE8FCD

monochromatic

#9C9C46 #BABA65 #CDCD8F #E0E0B9 #F3F3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#CDCD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD8F

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD8F	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CB91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.081 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb0',
    500: '#cdcd8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd8f;
$custom-light: #dddcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83355,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.58625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD8F

secondary

#5E5EA2

accent

#34B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD8F

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

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