#CDC8AA#CDC8AA

#CDC8AA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.041 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8AA
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(51, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 17.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -3.26, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 15.99, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0067 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.041 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0864, 57.1907, 46.2647)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8AA #AAAFCD

analogous

#CDB6AA #CDC8AA #C0CDAA

triadic

#CDC8AA #AACDC8 #C8AACD

tetradic

#CDC8AA #AACDB6 #AAAFCD #CDAAC0

square

#CDC8AA #AACDB6 #AAAFCD #CDAAC0

split-complementary

#CDC8AA #AAC0CD #B6AACD

monochromatic

#9F965E #B6AF83 #CDC8AA #E4E1D1 #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CDC8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8AA

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8AA	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.041 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c3',
    500: '#cdc8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8aa;
$custom-light: #dcd8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82891,
    "c": 0.04088,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8AA

secondary

#797FA2

accent

#4FA441

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8AA

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

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