#cdc7ae

Color #cdc7ae

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 13.66 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cdc7ae

RGB

rgb(205, 199, 174)

HSL

hsl(48.4, 23.7%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.4, 15.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 15.1%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(80.11, -2.12, 13.28)

LCH

lch(80.11, 13.45, 99.07)

OKLCH

oklch(82.8%, 0.0346, 95.97)

HWB

hwb(48.4, 68.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb4cd

Analogous

#cdb7ae

#cdc7ae

#c3cdae

Triadic

#cdc7ae

#aecdc7

#c7aecd

Split-complementary

#cdc7ae

#aec3cd

#b7aecd

Tetradic

#cdc7ae

#b4cdae

#aeb4cd

#c7aecd

Square

#cdc7ae

#aecdb7

#aeb4cd

#cdaec3

Shades

Color #cdc7ae mixed toward black.

#b5ac87

#9c9160

#756d48

#4e4830

#272418

Tints

Color #cdc7ae mixed toward white.

#d5d0bb

#dedac9

#e6e3d6

#eeece4

#f7f6f1

Tones

Color #cdc7ae mixed toward gray.

#cac5b1

#c8c4b3

#c5c2b6

#c3c1b8

#c0bfbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cacab4 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#cbcbb6 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#cdb9ba · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cdc7ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cdc7ae]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#cdc7ae (#cdc7ae) is rgb(205, 199, 174) in RGB.

No, #cdc7ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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