#CDC9BD#CDC9BD

#CDC9BD is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.017 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC9BD
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(45, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -0.72, 6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 6.52, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0005 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.017 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2477, 58.4269, 56.5013)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC9BD #BDC1CD

analogous

#CDC1BD #CDC9BD #C9CDBD

triadic

#CDC9BD #BDCDC9 #C9BDCD

tetradic

#CDC9BD #BDCDC1 #BDC1CD #CDBDC9

square

#CDC9BD #BDCDC1 #BDC1CD #CDBDC9

split-complementary

#CDC9BD #BDC9CD #C1BDCD

monochromatic

#989077 #B3AD9A #CDC9BD #E7E5E0 #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CDC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC9BD

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC9BD	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDCABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.017 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9d0',
    500: '#cdc9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc9bd;
$custom-light: #dcd9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83576,
    "c": 0.01701,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC9BD

secondary

#8D92A1

accent

#60984E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#151414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC9BD

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

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