#CDC8A8#CDC8A8

#CDC8A8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.043 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A8
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(52, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 18%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -3.57, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 17.04, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0075 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.043 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8986, 57.1156, 45.2759)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A8 #A8ADCD

analogous

#CDB5A8 #CDC8A8 #BFCDA8

triadic

#CDC8A8 #A8CDC8 #C8A8CD

tetradic

#CDC8A8 #A8CDB5 #A8ADCD #CDA8BF

square

#CDC8A8 #A8CDB5 #A8ADCD #CDA8BF

split-complementary

#CDC8A8 #A8BFCD #B5A8CD

monochromatic

#9F965B #B7AF81 #CDC8A8 #E3E1CF #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDC8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A8

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A8	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.043 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c2',
    500: '#cdc8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a8;
$custom-light: #dcd8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82844,
    "c": 0.04349,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A8

secondary

#777DA2

accent

#4EA640

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A8

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

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