#CDC8AE#CDC8AE

#CDC8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.036 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8AE
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -2.64, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 13.90, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.005 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.036 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4705, 57.3443, 48.2879)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8AE #AEB3CD

analogous

#CDB9AE #CDC8AE #C3CDAE

triadic

#CDC8AE #AECDC8 #C8AECD

tetradic

#CDC8AE #AECDB9 #AEB3CD #CDAEC3

square

#CDC8AE #AECDB9 #AEB3CD #CDAEC3

split-complementary

#CDC8AE #AEC3CD #B9AECD

monochromatic

#9E9562 #B6AE88 #CDC8AE #E4E2D4 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CDC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8AE

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8AE	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.036 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c6',
    500: '#cdc8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8ae;
$custom-light: #dcd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82988,
    "c": 0.03565,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8AE

secondary

#7D83A2

accent

#53A243

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8AE

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

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