#CDCEA9#CDCEA9

#CDCEA9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.050 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCEA9
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 169)
HSL	hsl(62, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(62, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 18%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -6.53, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 19.47, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0159 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.05 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4091, 59.9868, 46.2407)
Luminance	0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCEA9 #AAA9CE

analogous

#CEBCA9 #CDCEA9 #BACEA9

triadic

#CDCEA9 #A9CDCE #CEA9CD

tetradic

#CDCEA9 #A9CEBC #AAA9CE #CEA9BA

square

#CDCEA9 #A9CEBC #AAA9CE #CEA9BA

split-complementary

#CDCEA9 #A9BACE #BCA9CE

monochromatic

#9FA15C #B6B882 #CDCEA9 #E4E4D0 #F4F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDCEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#CDCEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCEA9

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCEA9	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.050 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcc2',
    500: '#cdcea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcea9;
$custom-light: #dcdcc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84104,
    "c": 0.04964,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCEA9

secondary

#7978A3

accent

#3FA642

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCEA9

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

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