#CDC8A5#CDC8A5

#CDC8A5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.047 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A5
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -4.02, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 18.61, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0087 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.047 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6224, 57.0051, 43.8210)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A5 #A5AACD

analogous

#CDB4A5 #CDC8A5 #BECDA5

triadic

#CDC8A5 #A5CDC8 #C8A5CD

tetradic

#CDC8A5 #A5CDB4 #A5AACD #CDA5BE

square

#CDC8A5 #A5CDB4 #A5AACD #CDA5BE

split-complementary

#CDC8A5 #A5BECD #B4A5CD

monochromatic

#9F9658 #B7B07E #CDC8A5 #E3E0CC #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CDC8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A5

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A5	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.047 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8bf',
    500: '#cdc8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a5;
$custom-light: #dcd8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82775,
    "c": 0.04738,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A5

secondary

#747AA2

accent

#4BA73E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A5

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

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