#CDC8A1#CDC8A1

#CDC8A1 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.053 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A1
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 161)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 21.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -4.60, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 20.70, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0104 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.053 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2640, 56.8617, 41.9335)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A1 #A1A6CD

analogous

#CDB2A1 #CDC8A1 #BCCDA1

triadic

#CDC8A1 #A1CDC8 #C8A1CD

tetradic

#CDC8A1 #A1CDB2 #A1A6CD #CDA1BC

square

#CDC8A1 #A1CDB2 #A1A6CD #CDA1BC

split-complementary

#CDC8A1 #A1BCCD #B2A1CD

monochromatic

#9F9755 #B8B179 #CDC8A1 #E2DFC9 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CDC8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A1

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A1	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)

#D0C59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.053 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8bd',
    500: '#cdc8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a1;
$custom-light: #dcd8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82684,
    "c": 0.05255,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A1

secondary

#7076A2

accent

#49A93C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A1

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

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