#CDC8B5#CDC8B5

#CDC8B5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.026 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8B5
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 181)
HSL	hsl(48, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 11.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -1.52, 10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 10.24, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0022 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.026 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1708, 57.6244, 51.9760)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8B5 #B5BACD

analogous

#CDBCB5 #CDC8B5 #C6CDB5

triadic

#CDC8B5 #B5CDC8 #C8B5CD

tetradic

#CDC8B5 #B5CDBC #B5BACD #CDB5C6

square

#CDC8B5 #B5CDBC #B5BACD #CDB5C6

split-complementary

#CDC8B5 #B5C6CD #BCB5CD

monochromatic

#9C926C #B4AD90 #CDC8B5 #E6E3DA #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDC8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CDC8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8B5

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8B5	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)

#CCC7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.026 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8cb',
    500: '#cdc8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8b5;
$custom-light: #dcd8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83163,
    "c": 0.02646,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8B5

secondary

#848BA2

accent

#5A9E48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8B5

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

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