#CDC779#CDC779

#CDC779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.100 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC779
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -9.11, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 40.77, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0251 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.1 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0523, 55.2077, 26.1577)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC779 #797FCD

analogous

#CD9D79 #CDC779 #A9CD79

triadic

#CDC779 #79CDC7 #C779CD

tetradic

#CDC779 #79CD9D #797FCD #CD79A9

square

#CDC779 #79CD9D #797FCD #CD79A9

split-complementary

#CDC779 #79A9CD #9D79CD

monochromatic

#948E37 #BCB44C #CDC779 #DEDAA6 #EEECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC779

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC779	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.100 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a1',
    500: '#cdc779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc779;
$custom-light: #ddd7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC779

secondary

#50559B

accent

#37B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC779

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

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