#CDC79E#CDC79E

#CDC79E is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.055 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC79E
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -4.51, 21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 21.80, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0101 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.055 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7718, 56.2955, 40.4799)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC79E #9EA4CD

analogous

#CDAF9E #CDC79E #BBCD9E

triadic

#CDC79E #9ECDC7 #C79ECD

tetradic

#CDC79E #9ECDAF #9EA4CD #CD9EBB

square

#CDC79E #9ECDAF #9EA4CD #CD9EBB

split-complementary

#CDC79E #9EBBCD #AF9ECD

monochromatic

#9F9552 #B8B076 #CDC79E #E2DEC6 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CDC79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC79E

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC79E	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.055 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7ba',
    500: '#cdc79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc79e;
$custom-light: #dcd7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82412,
    "c": 0.05524,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC79E

secondary

#6D74A2

accent

#49AB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC79E

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

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