#CDC879#CDC879

#CDC879 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.101 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC879
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -9.63, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 41.21, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0266 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.101 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2832, 55.6694, 26.2346)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC879 #797ECD

analogous

#CD9E79 #CDC879 #A8CD79

triadic

#CDC879 #79CDC8 #C879CD

tetradic

#CDC879 #79CD9E #797ECD #CD79A8

square

#CDC879 #79CD9E #797ECD #CD79A8

split-complementary

#CDC879 #79A8CD #9E79CD

monochromatic

#948F37 #BCB64C #CDC879 #DEDAA6 #EEEDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CDC879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC879

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC879	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.101 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8a1',
    500: '#cdc879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc879;
$custom-light: #ddd8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81927,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC879

secondary

#50549B

accent

#35B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC879

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

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