#CDC8A6#CDC8A6

#CDC8A6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.046 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A6
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(52, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 19%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -3.87, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 18.08, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0083 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.046 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7137, 57.0416, 44.3022)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A6 #A6ABCD

analogous

#CDB4A6 #CDC8A6 #BECDA6

triadic

#CDC8A6 #A6CDC8 #C8A6CD

tetradic

#CDC8A6 #A6CDB4 #A6ABCD #CDA6BE

square

#CDC8A6 #A6CDB4 #A6ABCD #CDA6BE

split-complementary

#CDC8A6 #A6BECD #B4A6CD

monochromatic

#9F9659 #B7B07F #CDC8A6 #E3E0CD #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#CDC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A6

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A6	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.046 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c0',
    500: '#cdc8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a6;
$custom-light: #dcd8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 28.058,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82798,
    "c": 0.04609,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A6

secondary

#757BA2

accent

#4CA73F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A6

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

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