#CDC8A9#CDC8A9

#CDC8A9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.042 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8A9
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(52, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -3.41, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 16.51, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0071 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.042 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9921, 57.1530, 45.7684)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8A9 #A9AECD

analogous

#CDB6A9 #CDC8A9 #C0CDA9

triadic

#CDC8A9 #A9CDC8 #C8A9CD

tetradic

#CDC8A9 #A9CDB6 #A9AECD #CDA9C0

square

#CDC8A9 #A9CDB6 #A9AECD #CDA9C0

split-complementary

#CDC8A9 #A9C0CD #B6A9CD

monochromatic

#9F965C #B6AF82 #CDC8A9 #E3E1D0 #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#CDC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8A9

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8A9	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.042 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c2',
    500: '#cdc8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8a9;
$custom-light: #dcd8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82868,
    "c": 0.04219,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8A9

secondary

#787EA2

accent

#4EA540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8A9

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

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