#CDCAA9#CDCAA9

#CDCAA9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.045 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCAA9
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 169)
HSL	hsl(55, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -4.46, 16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 17.46, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.01 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.045 103)
XYZ	xyz(53.4584, 58.0854, 45.9238)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCAA9 #A9ACCD

analogous

#CDB8A9 #CDCAA9 #BECDA9

triadic

#CDCAA9 #A9CDCA #CAA9CD

tetradic

#CDCAA9 #A9CDB8 #A9ACCD #CDA9BE

square

#CDCAA9 #A9CDB8 #A9ACCD #CDA9BE

split-complementary

#CDCAA9 #A9BECD #B8A9CD

monochromatic

#9F9A5C #B6B282 #CDCAA9 #E3E2D0 #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#CDCAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCAA9

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCAA9	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.045 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdac2',
    500: '#cdcaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcaa9;
$custom-light: #dcdac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83279,
    "c": 0.04455,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.58085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCAA9

secondary

#787CA2

accent

#49A540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCAA9

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

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