#CDCDA5#CDCDA5

#CDCDA5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.054 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCDA5
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -6.61, 19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 21.05, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0161 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.054 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7993, 59.3590, 44.2133)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCDA5 #A5A5CD

analogous

#CDB9A5 #CDCDA5 #B9CDA5

triadic

#CDCDA5 #A5CDCD #CDA5CD

tetradic

#CDCDA5 #A5CDB9 #A5A5CD #CDA5B9

square

#CDCDA5 #A5CDB9 #A5A5CD #CDA5B9

split-complementary

#CDCDA5 #A5B9CD #B9A5CD

monochromatic

#9F9F58 #B7B77E #CDCDA5 #E3E3CC #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#CDCDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCDA5

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCDA5	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.054 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcbf',
    500: '#cdcda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcda5;
$custom-light: #dcdcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83807,
    "c": 0.05353,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCDA5

secondary

#7474A2

accent

#3EA73E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCDA5

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

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