#CDCEA5#CDCEA5

#CDCEA5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.055 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCEA5
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 165)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 19.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -7.12, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 21.55, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0176 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.055 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0393, 59.8389, 44.2933)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCEA5 #A6A5CE

analogous

#CEBAA5 #CDCEA5 #B9CEA5

triadic

#CDCEA5 #A5CDCE #CEA5CD

tetradic

#CDCEA5 #A5CEBA #A6A5CE #CEA5B9

square

#CDCEA5 #A5CEBA #A6A5CE #CEA5B9

split-complementary

#CDCEA5 #A5B9CE #BAA5CE

monochromatic

#9FA158 #B7B87D #CDCEA5 #E3E4CD #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDCEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#CDCEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCEA5

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCEA5	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.055 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdcbf',
    500: '#cdcea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcea5;
$custom-light: #dcdcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84014,
    "c": 0.05483,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCEA5

secondary

#7574A3

accent

#3DA840

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCEA5

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

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