#CDCD9B#CDCD9B

#CDCD9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.066 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD9B
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -8.03, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 26.24, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0202 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.066 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9245, 59.0090, 39.6058)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD9B #9B9BCD

analogous

#CDB49B #CDCD9B #B4CD9B

triadic

#CDCD9B #9BCDCD #CD9BCD

tetradic

#CDCD9B #9BCDB4 #9B9BCD #CD9BB4

square

#CDCD9B #9BCDB4 #9B9BCD #CD9BB4

split-complementary

#CDCD9B #9BB4CD #B49BCD

monochromatic

#9E9E4F #B9B972 #CDCD9B #E1E1C4 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CDCD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD9B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD9B	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)

#D5C998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.066 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcb8',
    500: '#cdcd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd9b;
$custom-light: #dcdcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83592,
    "c": 0.0663,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD9B

secondary

#6A6AA2

accent

#39AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD9B

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

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