#CDCD9C#CDCD9C

#CDCD9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.065 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD9C
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -7.90, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 25.73, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0198 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.065 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0088, 59.0428, 40.0500)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD9C #9C9CCD

analogous

#CDB49C #CDCD9C #B4CD9C

triadic

#CDCD9C #9CCDCD #CD9CCD

tetradic

#CDCD9C #9CCDB4 #9C9CCD #CD9CB4

square

#CDCD9C #9CCDB4 #9C9CCD #CD9CB4

split-complementary

#CDCD9C #9CB4CD #B49CCD

monochromatic

#9F9F50 #B8B873 #CDCD9C #E2E2C5 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#CDCD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD9C

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD9C	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.065 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcb9',
    500: '#cdcd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd9c;
$custom-light: #dcdcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83612,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD9C

secondary

#6B6BA2

accent

#3AAC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD9C

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

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