#CDC7AE#CDC7AE

#CDC7AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.035 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC7AE
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 174)
HSL	hsl(48, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -2.12, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 13.44, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0036 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.035 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2397, 56.8826, 48.2110)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC7AE #AEB4CD

analogous

#CDB8AE #CDC7AE #C4CDAE

triadic

#CDC7AE #AECDC7 #C7AECD

tetradic

#CDC7AE #AECDB8 #AEB4CD #CDAEC4

square

#CDC7AE #AECDB8 #AEB4CD #CDAEC4

split-complementary

#CDC7AE #AEC4CD #B8AECD

monochromatic

#9E9362 #B6AD88 #CDC7AE #E4E1D4 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CDC7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC7AE

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC7AE	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.035 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c6',
    500: '#cdc7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc7ae;
$custom-light: #dcd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82783,
    "c": 0.03455,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC7AE

secondary

#7D84A2

accent

#56A243

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC7AE

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

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