#CDCAB9#CDCAB9

#CDCAB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.023 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCAB9
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 185)
HSL	hsl(51, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -1.91, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 9.06, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0035 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.023 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0533, 58.7234, 54.3240)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCAB9 #B9BCCD

analogous

#CDC0B9 #CDCAB9 #C6CDB9

triadic

#CDCAB9 #B9CDCA #CAB9CD

tetradic

#CDCAB9 #B9CDC0 #B9BCCD #CDB9C6

square

#CDCAB9 #B9CDC0 #B9BCCD #CDB9C6

split-complementary

#CDCAB9 #B9C6CD #C0B9CD

monochromatic

#9A9472 #B4AF95 #CDCAB9 #E7E5DD #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#CDCAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCAB9

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCAB9	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.023 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdace',
    500: '#cdcab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcab9;
$custom-light: #dcdace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83673,
    "c": 0.02339,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCAB9

secondary

#898CA1

accent

#579B4B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFA

border

#D5D4D3

text

#151413

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCAB9

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

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