#CDCD9D#CDCD9D

#CDCD9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.064 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD9D
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -7.76, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 25.21, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0194 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.064 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0938, 59.0768, 40.4977)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD9D #9D9DCD

analogous

#CDB59D #CDCD9D #B5CD9D

triadic

#CDCD9D #9DCDCD #CD9DCD

tetradic

#CDCD9D #9DCDB5 #9D9DCD #CD9DB5

square

#CDCD9D #9DCDB5 #9D9DCD #CD9DB5

split-complementary

#CDCD9D #9DB5CD #B59DCD

monochromatic

#9F9F51 #B8B874 #CDCD9D #E2E2C6 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#CDCD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD9D

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD9D	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.064 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcba',
    500: '#cdcd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd9d;
$custom-light: #dcdcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83633,
    "c": 0.06377,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD9D

secondary

#6C6CA2

accent

#3AAB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD9D

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

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