#CDC579#CDC579

#CDC579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.098 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC579
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -8.09, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 39.90, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0221 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.098 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5952, 54.2934, 26.0053)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC579 #7981CD

analogous

#CD9B79 #CDC579 #ABCD79

triadic

#CDC579 #79CDC5 #C579CD

tetradic

#CDC579 #79CD9B #7981CD #CD79AB

square

#CDC579 #79CD9B #7981CD #CD79AB

split-complementary

#CDC579 #79ABCD #9B79CD

monochromatic

#948B37 #BCB24C #CDC579 #DED8A6 #EEECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CDC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC579

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC579	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.098 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6a1',
    500: '#cdc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc579;
$custom-light: #ddd6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81298,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC579

secondary

#50579B

accent

#3AB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC579

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

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