#CDC79F#CDC79F

#CDC79F is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.054 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC79F
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 159)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -4.37, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 21.28, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0097 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.054 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8582, 56.3300, 40.9351)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC79F #9FA5CD

analogous

#CDB09F #CDC79F #BCCD9F

triadic

#CDC79F #9FCDC7 #C79FCD

tetradic

#CDC79F #9FCDB0 #9FA5CD #CD9FBC

square

#CDC79F #9FCDB0 #9FA5CD #CD9FBC

split-complementary

#CDC79F #9FBCCD #B09FCD

monochromatic

#9F9553 #B8B077 #CDC79F #E2DEC7 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CDC79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC79F

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC79F	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.054 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7bb',
    500: '#cdc79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc79f;
$custom-light: #dcd7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82434,
    "c": 0.05395,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC79F

secondary

#6E75A2

accent

#4AAA3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC79F

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

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