#CDC5AA#CDC5AA

#CDC5AA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.038 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC5AA
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 170)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 17.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -1.69, 14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 14.66, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0022 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.038 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3984, 55.8147, 46.0354)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC5AA #AAB2CD

analogous

#CDB3AA #CDC5AA #C3CDAA

triadic

#CDC5AA #AACDC5 #C5AACD

tetradic

#CDC5AA #AACDB3 #AAB2CD #CDAAC3

square

#CDC5AA #AACDB3 #AAB2CD #CDAAC3

split-complementary

#CDC5AA #AAC3CD #B3AACD

monochromatic

#9F905E #B6AB83 #CDC5AA #E4DFD1 #F4F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDC5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC5AA

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC5AA	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.038 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6c3',
    500: '#cdc5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc5aa;
$custom-light: #dcd6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82278,
    "c": 0.03767,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC5AA

secondary

#7982A2

accent

#58A441

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC5AA

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

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