#CDCDA9#CDCDA9

#CDCDA9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.048 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCDA9
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -6.01, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 18.96, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0144 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.048 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1691, 59.5069, 46.1608)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCDA9 #A9A9CD

analogous

#CDBBA9 #CDCDA9 #BBCDA9

triadic

#CDCDA9 #A9CDCD #CDA9CD

tetradic

#CDCDA9 #A9CDBB #A9A9CD #CDA9BB

square

#CDCDA9 #A9CDBB #A9A9CD #CDA9BB

split-complementary

#CDCDA9 #A9BBCD #BBA9CD

monochromatic

#9F9F5C #B6B682 #CDCDA9 #E3E3D0 #F4F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CDCDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCDA9

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCDA9	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CBAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.048 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcc2',
    500: '#cdcda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcda9;
$custom-light: #dcdcc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83897,
    "c": 0.04833,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCDA9

secondary

#7878A2

accent

#40A540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCDA9

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

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