#CDC379#CDC379

#CDC379 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.095 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC379
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -7.06, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 39.05, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0192 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.095 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1441, 53.3912, 25.8549)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC379 #7983CD

analogous

#CD9979 #CDC379 #ADCD79

triadic

#CDC379 #79CDC3 #C379CD

tetradic

#CDC379 #79CD99 #7983CD #CD79AD

square

#CDC379 #79CD99 #7983CD #CD79AD

split-complementary

#CDC379 #79ADCD #9979CD

monochromatic

#948937 #BCAF4C #CDC379 #DED7A6 #EEEBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC379

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC379	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.095 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5a1',
    500: '#cdc379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc379;
$custom-light: #ddd5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8088,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC379

secondary

#50599B

accent

#3DB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC379

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

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