#CDCE9E#CDCE9E

#CDCE9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.064 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE9E
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 158)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 23.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -8.13, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 25.19, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0204 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.064 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4195, 59.5910, 41.0292)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE9E #9F9ECE

analogous

#CEB79E #CDCE9E #B5CE9E

triadic

#CDCE9E #9ECDCE #CE9ECD

tetradic

#CDCE9E #9ECEB7 #9F9ECE #CE9EB5

square

#CDCE9E #9ECEB7 #9F9ECE #CE9EB5

split-complementary

#CDCE9E #9EB5CE #B79ECE

monochromatic

#9FA151 #B8B975 #CDCE9E #E2E3C7 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDCE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CDCE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE9E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE9E	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.064 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcbb',
    500: '#cdce9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce9e;
$custom-light: #dcdcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83863,
    "c": 0.06378,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE9E

secondary

#6E6DA3

accent

#3AAC3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE9E

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

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