#CDC8B8#CDC8B8

#CDC8B8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.023 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC8B8
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 184)
HSL	hsl(46, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 10.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -1.03, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 8.68, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.001 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.023 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4819, 57.7489, 53.6146)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC8B8 #B8BDCD

analogous

#CDBEB8 #CDC8B8 #C8CDB8

triadic

#CDC8B8 #B8CDC8 #C8B8CD

tetradic

#CDC8B8 #B8CDBE #B8BDCD #CDB8C8

square

#CDC8B8 #B8CDBE #B8BDCD #CDB8C8

split-complementary

#CDC8B8 #B8C8CD #BEB8CD

monochromatic

#9A9070 #B4AC94 #CDC8B8 #E6E4DC #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDC8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#CDC8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC8B8

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC8B8	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.023 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8cd',
    500: '#cdc8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc8b8;
$custom-light: #dcd8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8324,
    "c": 0.02253,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC8B8

secondary

#888EA2

accent

#5D9C4A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFA

border

#D5D4D3

text

#151413

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC8B8

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

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