#CDC8AF#CDC8AF

#CDC8AF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.034 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8AF
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 175)
HSL	hsl(50, 23%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 14.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -2.49, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 13.37, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0046 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.034 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5684, 57.3835, 48.8033)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8AF #AFB4CD

analogous

#CDB9AF #CDC8AF #C3CDAF

triadic

#CDC8AF #AFCDC8 #C8AFCD

tetradic

#CDC8AF #AFCDB9 #AFB4CD #CDAFC3

square

#CDC8AF #AFCDB9 #AFB4CD #CDAFC3

split-complementary

#CDC8AF #AFC3CD #B9AFCD

monochromatic

#9E9464 #B5AE89 #CDC8AF #E5E2D5 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDC8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CDC8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8AF

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8AF	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.034 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c6',
    500: '#cdc8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8af;
$custom-light: #dcd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83012,
    "c": 0.03433,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8AF

secondary

#7E84A2

accent

#54A244

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8AF

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

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