#CDC679#CDC679

#CDC679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.099 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC679
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -8.60, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 40.33, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0236 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.099 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8230, 54.7491, 26.0812)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC679 #7980CD

analogous

#CD9C79 #CDC679 #AACD79

triadic

#CDC679 #79CDC6 #C679CD

tetradic

#CDC679 #79CD9C #7980CD #CD79AA

square

#CDC679 #79CD9C #7980CD #CD79AA

split-complementary

#CDC679 #79AACD #9C79CD

monochromatic

#948D37 #BCB34C #CDC679 #DED9A6 #EEECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CDC679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC679

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC679	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.099 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a1',
    500: '#cdc679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc679;
$custom-light: #ddd7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC679

secondary

#50569B

accent

#38B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC679

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

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