#CDCE9B#CDCE9B

#CDCE9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.068 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE9B
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 155)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 24.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -8.55, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 26.75, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0217 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.068 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1645, 59.4890, 39.6858)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE9B #9C9BCE

analogous

#CEB59B #CDCE9B #B3CE9B

triadic

#CDCE9B #9BCDCE #CE9BCD

tetradic

#CDCE9B #9BCEB5 #9C9BCE #CE9BB3

square

#CDCE9B #9BCEB5 #9C9BCE #CE9BB3

split-complementary

#CDCE9B #9BB3CE #B59BCE

monochromatic

#9FA04E #B8BA72 #CDCE9B #E2E2C4 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CDCE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE9B

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE9B	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)

#D6CA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.068 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcb8',
    500: '#cdce9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce9b;
$custom-light: #dcdcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 34.228,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.838,
    "c": 0.06757,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE9B

secondary

#6B6AA3

accent

#38AD3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE9B

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

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