#CDC8B2#CDC8B2

#CDC8B2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.030 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8B2
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(49, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 13.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -2.01, 11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 11.80, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0034 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.03 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8663, 57.5026, 50.3723)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8B2 #B2B7CD

analogous

#CDBAB2 #CDC8B2 #C4CDB2

triadic

#CDC8B2 #B2CDC8 #C8B2CD

tetradic

#CDC8B2 #B2CDBA #B2B7CD #CDB2C4

square

#CDC8B2 #B2CDBA #B2B7CD #CDB2C4

split-complementary

#CDC8B2 #B2C4CD #BAB2CD

monochromatic

#9D9368 #B5AD8D #CDC8B2 #E5E3D7 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDC8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDC8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8B2

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8B2	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.030 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c9',
    500: '#cdc8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8b2;
$custom-light: #dcd8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83087,
    "c": 0.0304,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8B2

secondary

#8187A2

accent

#56A046

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8B2

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

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