#CDC9BC#CDC9BC

#CDC9BC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.018 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC9BC
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(46, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -0.89, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 7.04, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0009 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.018 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1395, 58.3837, 55.9316)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC9BC #BCC0CD

analogous

#CDC1BC #CDC9BC #C9CDBC

triadic

#CDC9BC #BCCDC9 #C9BCCD

tetradic

#CDC9BC #BCCDC1 #BCC0CD #CDBCC9

square

#CDC9BC #BCCDC1 #BCC0CD #CDBCC9

split-complementary

#CDC9BC #BCC9CD #C1BCCD

monochromatic

#999176 #B3AD99 #CDC9BC #E7E5DF #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#CDC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC9BC

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC9BC	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDCABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.018 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9d0',
    500: '#cdc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc9bc;
$custom-light: #dcd9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83549,
    "c": 0.01832,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC9BC

secondary

#8C91A1

accent

#5F994D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#151414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC9BC

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

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