#CDCAA5#CDCAA5

#CDCAA5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.050 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCAA5
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 165)
HSL	hsl(56, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -5.05, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 19.56, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0117 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.05 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0886, 57.9375, 43.9764)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCAA5 #A5A8CD

analogous

#CDB6A5 #CDCAA5 #BCCDA5

triadic

#CDCAA5 #A5CDCA #CAA5CD

tetradic

#CDCAA5 #A5CDB6 #A5A8CD #CDA5BC

square

#CDCAA5 #A5CDB6 #A5A8CD #CDA5BC

split-complementary

#CDCAA5 #A5BCCD #B6A5CD

monochromatic

#9F9A58 #B7B37E #CDCAA5 #E3E1CC #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#CDCAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCAA5

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCAA5	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.050 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdabf',
    500: '#cdcaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcaa5;
$custom-light: #dcdabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83187,
    "c": 0.04975,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCAA5

secondary

#7477A2

accent

#46A73E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCAA5

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

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