#CDC8B4#CDC8B4

#CDC8B4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.028 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8B4
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 180)
HSL	hsl(48, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 12.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -1.69, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 10.76, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0026 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.028 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0685, 57.5835, 51.4375)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8B4 #B4B9CD

analogous

#CDBBB4 #CDC8B4 #C5CDB4

triadic

#CDC8B4 #B4CDC8 #C8B4CD

tetradic

#CDC8B4 #B4CDBB #B4B9CD #CDB4C5

square

#CDC8B4 #B4CDBB #B4B9CD #CDB4C5

split-complementary

#CDC8B4 #B4C5CD #BBB4CD

monochromatic

#9C926B #B5AD8F #CDC8B4 #E5E3D9 #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDC8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CDC8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8B4

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8B4	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.028 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8ca',
    500: '#cdc8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8b4;
$custom-light: #dcd8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83137,
    "c": 0.02777,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8B4

secondary

#8389A2

accent

#599E47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8B4

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

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