#CDCE8A#CDCE8A

#CDCE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.088 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE8A
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 33%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -10.75, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 35.45, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0286 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.088 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8360, 58.9576, 32.6891)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE8A #8B8ACE

analogous

#CEAD8A #CDCE8A #ABCE8A

triadic

#CDCE8A #8ACDCE #CE8ACD

tetradic

#CDCE8A #8ACEAD #8B8ACE #CE8AAB

square

#CDCE8A #8ACEAD #8B8ACE #CE8AAB

split-complementary

#CDCE8A #8AABCE #AD8ACE

monochromatic

#9B9C41 #BBBC5F #CDCE8A #DFE0B5 #F2F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#CDCE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE8A

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE8A	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.088 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcad',
    500: '#cdce8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce8a;
$custom-light: #dddcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83474,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE8A

secondary

#5B5AA2

accent

#31B433

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE8A

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

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