#CDC479#CDC479

#CDC479 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.097 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC479
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -7.57, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 39.47, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0207 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.097 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3689, 53.8408, 25.9298)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC479 #7982CD

analogous

#CD9A79 #CDC479 #ACCD79

triadic

#CDC479 #79CDC4 #C479CD

tetradic

#CDC479 #79CD9A #7982CD #CD79AC

square

#CDC479 #79CD9A #7982CD #CD79AC

split-complementary

#CDC479 #79ACCD #9A79CD

monochromatic

#948A37 #BCB04C #CDC479 #DED8A6 #EEEBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CDC479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC479

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC479	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.097 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5a1',
    500: '#cdc479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc479;
$custom-light: #ddd5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81089,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC479

secondary

#50589B

accent

#3CB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC479

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

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