#CDCA9E#CDCA9E

#CDCA9E is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.059 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA9E
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -6.07, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 23.22, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0146 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.059 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4688, 57.6896, 40.7123)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA9E #9EA1CD

analogous

#CDB29E #CDCA9E #B8CD9E

triadic

#CDCA9E #9ECDCA #CA9ECD

tetradic

#CDCA9E #9ECDB2 #9EA1CD #CD9EB8

square

#CDCA9E #9ECDB2 #9EA1CD #CD9EB8

split-complementary

#CDCA9E #9EB8CD #B29ECD

monochromatic

#9F9A52 #B8B476 #CDCA9E #E2E0C6 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#CDCA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA9E

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA9E	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.059 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdaba',
    500: '#cdca9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca9e;
$custom-light: #dcdaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83032,
    "c": 0.05876,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA9E

secondary

#6D70A2

accent

#42AB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA9E

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

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