#CDC079#CDC079

#CDC079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.092 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC079
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -5.50, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 37.80, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0147 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.092 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4787, 52.0603, 25.6331)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC079 #7986CD

analogous

#CD9679 #CDC079 #B0CD79

triadic

#CDC079 #79CDC0 #C079CD

tetradic

#CDC079 #79CD96 #7986CD #CD79B0

square

#CDC079 #79CD96 #7986CD #CD79B0

split-complementary

#CDC079 #79B0CD #9679CD

monochromatic

#948637 #BCAB4C #CDC079 #DED5A6 #EEEAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CDC079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC079

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC079	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.092 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd2a0',
    500: '#cdc079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc079;
$custom-light: #ddd2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80256,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC079

secondary

#505B9B

accent

#42B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC079

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

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