#CDCAB5#CDCAB5

#CDCAB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.029 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCAB5
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 181)
HSL	hsl(53, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 11.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -2.57, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 11.16, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0051 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.029 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6370, 58.5569, 52.1314)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCAB5 #B5B8CD

analogous

#CDBEB5 #CDCAB5 #C4CDB5

triadic

#CDCAB5 #B5CDCA #CAB5CD

tetradic

#CDCAB5 #B5CDBE #B5B8CD #CDB5C4

square

#CDCAB5 #B5CDBE #B5B8CD #CDB5C4

split-complementary

#CDCAB5 #B5C4CD #BEB5CD

monochromatic

#9C966C #B4B090 #CDCAB5 #E6E4DA #F3F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#CDCAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCAB5

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCAB5	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.029 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdacb',
    500: '#cdcab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcab5;
$custom-light: #dcdacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83571,
    "c": 0.02872,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCAB5

secondary

#8488A2

accent

#539E48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCAB5

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

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