#CDCAB3#CDCAB3

#CDCAB3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.031 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCAB3
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 179)
HSL	hsl(53, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 12.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -2.89, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 12.21, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.006 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.031 101)
XYZ	xyz(54.4333, 58.4754, 51.0584)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCAB3 #B3B6CD

analogous

#CDBDB3 #CDCAB3 #C3CDB3

triadic

#CDCAB3 #B3CDCA #CAB3CD

tetradic

#CDCAB3 #B3CDBD #B3B6CD #CDB3C3

square

#CDCAB3 #B3CDBD #B3B6CD #CDB3C3

split-complementary

#CDCAB3 #B3C3CD #BDB3CD

monochromatic

#9C9769 #B5B08E #CDCAB3 #E5E4D8 #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CDCAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCAB3

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCAB3	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0CAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.031 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdac9',
    500: '#cdcab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcab3;
$custom-light: #dcdac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8352,
    "c": 0.03137,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.58475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCAB3

secondary

#8286A2

accent

#519F46

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCAB3

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

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