#CDCD9A#CDCD9A

#CDCD9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.068 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD9A
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -8.17, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 26.76, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0206 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.068 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8409, 58.9756, 39.1654)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD9A #9A9ACD

analogous

#CDB39A #CDCD9A #B3CD9A

triadic

#CDCD9A #9ACDCD #CD9ACD

tetradic

#CDCD9A #9ACDB3 #9A9ACD #CD9AB3

square

#CDCD9A #9ACDB3 #9A9ACD #CD9AB3

split-complementary

#CDCD9A #9AB3CD #B39ACD

monochromatic

#9E9E4E #B9B971 #CDCD9A #E1E1C3 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CDCD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD9A

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD9A	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.068 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcb8',
    500: '#cdcd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd9a;
$custom-light: #dcdcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83571,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD9A

secondary

#6969A2

accent

#39AD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD9A

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

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