#CDC8AC#CDC8AC

#CDC8AC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.038 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8AC
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 16.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -2.95, 14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 14.94, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0059 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.038 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2770, 57.2669, 47.2687)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8AC #ACB1CD

analogous

#CDB8AC #CDC8AC #C2CDAC

triadic

#CDC8AC #ACCDC8 #C8ACCD

tetradic

#CDC8AC #ACCDB8 #ACB1CD #CDACC2

square

#CDC8AC #ACCDB8 #ACB1CD #CDACC2

split-complementary

#CDC8AC #ACC2CD #B8ACCD

monochromatic

#9F9560 #B6AF86 #CDC8AC #E4E1D2 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CDC8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8AC

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8AC	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)

#CEC6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.038 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c4',
    500: '#cdc8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8ac;
$custom-light: #dcd8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 24.812,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82939,
    "c": 0.03827,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8AC

secondary

#7B81A2

accent

#51A342

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8AC

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

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