#CDC8A3#CDC8A3

#CDC8A3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.050 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A3
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 163)
HSL	hsl(53, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 20.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -4.31, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 19.65, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0096 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.05 101)
XYZ	xyz(52.4417, 56.9328, 42.8698)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A3 #A3A8CD

analogous

#CDB3A3 #CDC8A3 #BDCDA3

triadic

#CDC8A3 #A3CDC8 #C8A3CD

tetradic

#CDC8A3 #A3CDB3 #A3A8CD #CDA3BD

square

#CDC8A3 #A3CDB3 #A3A8CD #CDA3BD

split-complementary

#CDC8A3 #A3BDCD #B3A3CD

monochromatic

#9F9656 #B7B07B #CDC8A3 #E3E0CB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDC8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CDC8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A3

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A3	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.050 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8be',
    500: '#cdc8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a3;
$custom-light: #dcd8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82729,
    "c": 0.04997,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.56932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A3

secondary

#7278A2

accent

#4AA83D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A3

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

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