#CDCE8B#CDCE8B

#CDCE8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.087 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE8B
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 139)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 32.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -10.63, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 34.95, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0282 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.087 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9087, 58.9867, 33.0722)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE8B #8C8BCE

analogous

#CEAE8B #CDCE8B #ABCE8B

triadic

#CDCE8B #8BCDCE #CE8BCD

tetradic

#CDCE8B #8BCEAE #8C8BCE #CE8BAB

square

#CDCE8B #8BCEAE #8C8BCE #CE8BAB

split-complementary

#CDCE8B #8BABCE #AE8BCE

monochromatic

#9B9C42 #BABC60 #CDCE8B #E0E0B6 #F2F2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CDCE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE8B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE8B	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.087 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcad',
    500: '#cdce8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce8b;
$custom-light: #dddcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 40.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83491,
    "c": 0.08719,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE8B

secondary

#5C5BA3

accent

#32B434

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE8B

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

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