#CDCD9E#CDCD9E

#CDCD9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.063 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD9E
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -7.62, 23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 24.69, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.019 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.063 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1796, 59.1111, 40.9492)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD9E #9E9ECD

analogous

#CDB59E #CDCD9E #B5CD9E

triadic

#CDCD9E #9ECDCD #CD9ECD

tetradic

#CDCD9E #9ECDB5 #9E9ECD #CD9EB5

square

#CDCD9E #9ECDB5 #9E9ECD #CD9EB5

split-complementary

#CDCD9E #9EB5CD #B59ECD

monochromatic

#9F9F52 #B8B876 #CDCD9E #E2E2C6 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#CDCD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD9E

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD9E	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)

#D5C99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.063 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcbb',
    500: '#cdcd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd9e;
$custom-light: #dcdcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83654,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD9E

secondary

#6D6DA2

accent

#3BAB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD9E

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

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