#CDCC79#CDCC79

#CDCC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.105 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC79
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -11.66, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 43.02, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0324 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.105 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2217, 57.5464, 26.5474)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC79 #797ACD

analogous

#CDA279 #CDCC79 #A4CD79

triadic

#CDCC79 #79CDCC #CC79CD

tetradic

#CDCC79 #79CDA2 #797ACD #CD79A4

square

#CDCC79 #79CDA2 #797ACD #CD79A4

split-complementary

#CDCC79 #79A4CD #A279CD

monochromatic

#949337 #BCBB4C #CDCC79 #DEDDA6 #EEEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CDCC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC79

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC79	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.105 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddba1',
    500: '#cdcc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc79;
$custom-light: #dddba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8277,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC79

secondary

#50519B

accent

#2EB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC79

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

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