#CDCD9F#CDCD9F

#CDCD9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.061 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD9F
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -7.47, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 24.17, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0186 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.061 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2660, 59.1456, 41.4044)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD9F #9F9FCD

analogous

#CDB69F #CDCD9F #B6CD9F

triadic

#CDCD9F #9FCDCD #CD9FCD

tetradic

#CDCD9F #9FCDB6 #9F9FCD #CD9FB6

square

#CDCD9F #9FCDB6 #9F9FCD #CD9FB6

split-complementary

#CDCD9F #9FB6CD #B69FCD

monochromatic

#9F9F53 #B8B877 #CDCD9F #E2E2C7 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#CDCD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD9F

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD9F	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.061 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcbb',
    500: '#cdcd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd9f;
$custom-light: #dcdcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83676,
    "c": 0.06122,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD9F

secondary

#6E6EA2

accent

#3BAA3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD9F

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

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