#CDC8AB#CDC8AB

#CDC8AB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.040 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8AB
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 16.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -3.11, 15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 15.47, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0063 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.04 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1813, 57.2286, 46.7648)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8AB #ABB0CD

analogous

#CDB7AB #CDC8AB #C1CDAB

triadic

#CDC8AB #ABCDC8 #C8ABCD

tetradic

#CDC8AB #ABCDB7 #ABB0CD #CDABC1

square

#CDC8AB #ABCDB7 #ABB0CD #CDABC1

split-complementary

#CDC8AB #ABC1CD #B7ABCD

monochromatic

#9F965F #B6AF85 #CDC8AB #E4E1D1 #F4F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CDC8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8AB

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8AB	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.040 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c4',
    500: '#cdc8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8ab;
$custom-light: #dcd8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82915,
    "c": 0.03958,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8AB

secondary

#7A80A2

accent

#50A442

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8AB

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

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