#CDC8B3#CDC8B3

#CDC8B3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.029 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8B3
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 179)
HSL	hsl(48, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 12.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -1.85, 11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 11.28, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.003 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.029 96)
XYZ	xyz(53.9670, 57.5429, 50.9030)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8B3 #B3B8CD

analogous

#CDBBB3 #CDC8B3 #C5CDB3

triadic

#CDC8B3 #B3CDC8 #C8B3CD

tetradic

#CDC8B3 #B3CDBB #B3B8CD #CDB3C5

square

#CDC8B3 #B3CDBB #B3B8CD #CDB3C5

split-complementary

#CDC8B3 #B3C5CD #BBB3CD

monochromatic

#9C9369 #B5AD8E #CDC8B3 #E5E3D8 #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDC8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CDC8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8B3

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8B3	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.029 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8c9',
    500: '#cdc8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8b3;
$custom-light: #dcd8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83112,
    "c": 0.02909,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.57542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8B3

secondary

#8288A2

accent

#589F46

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8B3

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

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