#CDC8A0#CDC8A0

#CDC8A0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.054 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A0
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 22%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -4.75, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 21.22, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0108 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.054 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1761, 56.8266, 41.4709)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A0 #A0A5CD

analogous

#CDB2A0 #CDC8A0 #BCCDA0

triadic

#CDC8A0 #A0CDC8 #C8A0CD

tetradic

#CDC8A0 #A0CDB2 #A0A5CD #CDA0BC

square

#CDC8A0 #A0CDB2 #A0A5CD #CDA0BC

split-complementary

#CDC8A0 #A0BCCD #B2A0CD

monochromatic

#9F9754 #B8B178 #CDC8A0 #E2DFC8 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CDC8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A0

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A0	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.054 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8bc',
    500: '#cdc8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a0;
$custom-light: #dcd8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82662,
    "c": 0.05382,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A0

secondary

#6F75A2

accent

#48AA3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A0

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

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