#CDC8AD#CDC8AD

#CDC8AD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.037 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8AD
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 173)
HSL	hsl(51, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -2.80, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 14.42, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0055 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.037 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3734, 57.3055, 47.7764)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8AD #ADB2CD

analogous

#CDB8AD #CDC8AD #C2CDAD

triadic

#CDC8AD #ADCDC8 #C8ADCD

tetradic

#CDC8AD #ADCDB8 #ADB2CD #CDADC2

square

#CDC8AD #ADCDB8 #ADB2CD #CDADC2

split-complementary

#CDC8AD #ADC2CD #B8ADCD

monochromatic

#9F9561 #B6AF87 #CDC8AD #E4E2D3 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDC8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#CDC8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8AD

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8AD	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.037 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c5',
    500: '#cdc8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8ad;
$custom-light: #dcd8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82963,
    "c": 0.03697,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8AD

secondary

#7C82A2

accent

#52A343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8AD

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

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