#CDCE9C#CDCE9C

#CDCE9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.066 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE9C
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 156)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 24.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -8.41, 24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 26.23, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0213 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.066 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2488, 59.5227, 40.1299)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE9C #9D9CCE

analogous

#CEB69C #CDCE9C #B4CE9C

triadic

#CDCE9C #9CCDCE #CE9CCD

tetradic

#CDCE9C #9CCEB6 #9D9CCE #CE9CB4

square

#CDCE9C #9CCEB6 #9D9CCE #CE9CB4

split-complementary

#CDCE9C #9CB4CE #B69CCE

monochromatic

#9FA04F #B8BA73 #CDCE9C #E2E2C5 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CDCE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE9C

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE9C	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)

#D6CA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.066 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcb9',
    500: '#cdce9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce9c;
$custom-light: #dcdcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 33.784,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83821,
    "c": 0.06631,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE9C

secondary

#6C6BA3

accent

#39AD3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE9C

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

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