#CDCD95#CDCD95

#CDCD95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.074 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD95
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 149)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -8.84, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 29.34, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0227 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.074 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4331, 58.8125, 37.0177)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD95 #9595CD

analogous

#CDB195 #CDCD95 #B1CD95

triadic

#CDCD95 #95CDCD #CD95CD

tetradic

#CDCD95 #95CDB1 #9595CD #CD95B1

square

#CDCD95 #95CDB1 #9595CD #CD95B1

split-complementary

#CDCD95 #95B1CD #B195CD

monochromatic

#9D9D4A #B9B96B #CDCD95 #E1E1BF #F4F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCD95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#CDCD95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD95

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD95	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.074 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb4',
    500: '#cdcd95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd95;
$custom-light: #dddcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8347,
    "c": 0.07379,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD95

secondary

#6464A2

accent

#37AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD95

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

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