#CDCE9D#CDCE9D

#CDCE9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.065 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE9D
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 157)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 23.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -8.27, 24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 25.71, 108.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0208 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.065 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3338, 59.5567, 40.5777)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE9D #9E9DCE

analogous

#CEB69D #CDCE9D #B4CE9D

triadic

#CDCE9D #9DCDCE #CE9DCD

tetradic

#CDCE9D #9DCEB6 #9E9DCE #CE9DB4

square

#CDCE9D #9DCEB6 #9E9DCE #CE9DB4

split-complementary

#CDCE9D #9DB4CE #B69DCE

monochromatic

#9FA050 #B8BA74 #CDCE9D #E2E2C6 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#CDCE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE9D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE9D	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.065 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcba',
    500: '#cdce9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce9d;
$custom-light: #dcdcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83842,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE9D

secondary

#6D6CA3

accent

#39AC3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE9D

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

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