#CDCA79#CDCA79

#CDCA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.103 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA79
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -10.65, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 42.11, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0295 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.103 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7494, 56.6018, 26.3900)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA79 #797CCD

analogous

#CDA079 #CDCA79 #A6CD79

triadic

#CDCA79 #79CDCA #CA79CD

tetradic

#CDCA79 #79CDA0 #797CCD #CD79A6

square

#CDCA79 #79CDA0 #797CCD #CD79A6

split-complementary

#CDCA79 #79A6CD #A079CD

monochromatic

#949137 #BCB84C #CDCA79 #DEDCA6 #EEEDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CDCA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA79

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA79	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.103 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddaa1',
    500: '#cdca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca79;
$custom-light: #dddaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82348,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA79

secondary

#50529B

accent

#32B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA79

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

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