#CDC79D#CDC79D

#CDC79D is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.057 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC79D
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -4.65, 21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 22.32, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0105 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.057 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6860, 56.2612, 40.0285)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC79D #9DA3CD

analogous

#CDAF9D #CDC79D #BBCD9D

triadic

#CDC79D #9DCDC7 #C79DCD

tetradic

#CDC79D #9DCDAF #9DA3CD #CD9DBB

square

#CDC79D #9DCDAF #9DA3CD #CD9DBB

split-complementary

#CDC79D #9DBBCD #AF9DCD

monochromatic

#9F9551 #B8B074 #CDC79D #E2DEC6 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CDC79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC79D

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC79D	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.057 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7ba',
    500: '#cdc79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc79d;
$custom-light: #dcd7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8239,
    "c": 0.05651,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC79D

secondary

#6C73A2

accent

#48AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC79D

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

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