#CDCD99#CDCD99

#CDCD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.069 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD99
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -8.31, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 27.28, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.021 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.069 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7579, 58.9424, 38.7286)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD99 #9999CD

analogous

#CDB399 #CDCD99 #B3CD99

triadic

#CDCD99 #99CDCD #CD99CD

tetradic

#CDCD99 #99CDB3 #9999CD #CD99B3

square

#CDCD99 #99CDB3 #9999CD #CD99B3

split-complementary

#CDCD99 #99B3CD #B399CD

monochromatic

#9E9E4D #B9B970 #CDCD99 #E1E1C2 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#CDCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD99

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD99	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.069 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcb7',
    500: '#cdcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd99;
$custom-light: #dcdcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83551,
    "c": 0.06882,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD99

secondary

#6868A2

accent

#38AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD99

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

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