#CDCA9F#CDCA9F

#CDCA9F is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.057 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA9F
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -5.93, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 22.69, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0142 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.057 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5552, 57.7242, 41.1675)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA9F #9FA2CD

analogous

#CDB39F #CDCA9F #B9CD9F

triadic

#CDCA9F #9FCDCA #CA9FCD

tetradic

#CDCA9F #9FCDB3 #9FA2CD #CD9FB9

square

#CDCA9F #9FCDB3 #9FA2CD #CD9FB9

split-complementary

#CDCA9F #9FB9CD #B39FCD

monochromatic

#9F9A53 #B8B477 #CDCA9F #E2E0C7 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#CDCA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA9F

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA9F	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)

#D2C79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.057 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdabb',
    500: '#cdca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca9f;
$custom-light: #dcdabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83054,
    "c": 0.05748,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA9F

secondary

#6E71A2

accent

#42AA3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA9F

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

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