Skip to the color picker
PickShade

#cdcd6c color: Fool’s Gold

Every format, shade and contrast value for #cdcd6c. Drag the picker to explore nearby colors.

Read as HEX

60°
100%

OKLCH

82.8%
0.120
109°
  • ≈ Pistachio
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Neutral
  • amber-300
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.67:1 · Below AALc -33
Black text12.54:1 · AALc 74

Shades

From lightest to darkest. Click a shade to use it.

Harmonies

Open as palette

Recent

Colors you stop on or copy appear here. They stay on this device.

About #cdcd6c

#cdcd6c is a pastel light yellow color. In OKLCH it has 82.8% lightness, 0.12 chroma and a hue of 109°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.67:1 contrast and black text 12.54:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Fool’s Gold (#cad175). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is amber-300.

More light yellow colors

Lighter: #cdcd6c mixed with white

  1. cdcd6c
  2. d2d27d
  3. d7d78c
  4. dbdc9b
  5. e0e1aa
  6. e5e6b9
  7. eaebc7
  8. eff0d5
  9. f5f5e3
  10. fafaf1

Darker: #cdcd6c mixed with black

  1. cdcd6c
  2. b2b25d
  3. 98984e
  4. 7e7e40
  5. 666632
  6. 4e4e25
  7. 383819
  8. 23230d
  9. 0f0f04
  10. 020200

Calmer: #cdcd6c with less saturation

  1. cdcd6c
  2. cccd77
  3. cbcc81
  4. cbcc8b
  5. cacb94
  6. c9ca9d
  7. c9caa6
  8. c8c9ae
  9. c7c8b7
  10. c7c7bf