#CDC8B0#CDC8B0

#CDC8B0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.033 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8B0
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 176)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 14.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -2.33, 12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 12.85, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0042 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.033 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6669, 57.4229, 49.3224)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8B0 #B0B5CD

analogous

#CDBAB0 #CDC8B0 #C4CDB0

triadic

#CDC8B0 #B0CDC8 #C8B0CD

tetradic

#CDC8B0 #B0CDBA #B0B5CD #CDB0C4

square

#CDC8B0 #B0CDBA #B0B5CD #CDB0C4

split-complementary

#CDC8B0 #B0C4CD #BAB0CD

monochromatic

#9E9465 #B5AE8B #CDC8B0 #E5E2D5 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDC8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CDC8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8B0

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8B0	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)

#CDC6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.033 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c7',
    500: '#cdc8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8b0;
$custom-light: #dcd8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 22.481,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83037,
    "c": 0.03302,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8B0

secondary

#7F85A2

accent

#55A145

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8B0

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

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