#CDC8A4#CDC8A4

#CDC8A4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.049 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A4
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 20%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -4.16, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 19.13, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0091 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.049 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5317, 56.9688, 43.3435)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A4 #A4A9CD

analogous

#CDB4A4 #CDC8A4 #BECDA4

triadic

#CDC8A4 #A4CDC8 #C8A4CD

tetradic

#CDC8A4 #A4CDB4 #A4A9CD #CDA4BE

square

#CDC8A4 #A4CDB4 #A4A9CD #CDA4BE

split-complementary

#CDC8A4 #A4BECD #B4A4CD

monochromatic

#9F9657 #B7B07D #CDC8A4 #E3E0CB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CDC8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A4

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A4	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#CFC5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.049 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8bf',
    500: '#cdc8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a4;
$custom-light: #dcd8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 29.078,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82752,
    "c": 0.04868,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A4

secondary

#7379A2

accent

#4BA83E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A4

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

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