#CDCD79#CDCD79

#CDCD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.107 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD79
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -12.17, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 43.48, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0339 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.107 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4601, 58.0233, 26.6269)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD79 #7979CD

analogous

#CDA379 #CDCD79 #A3CD79

triadic

#CDCD79 #79CDCD #CD79CD

tetradic

#CDCD79 #79CDA3 #7979CD #CD79A3

square

#CDCD79 #79CDA3 #7979CD #CD79A3

split-complementary

#CDCD79 #79A3CD #A379CD

monochromatic

#949437 #BCBC4C #CDCD79 #DEDEA6 #EEEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#CDCD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD79

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD79	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.107 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddca1',
    500: '#cdcd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd79;
$custom-light: #dddca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82981,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD79

secondary

#50509B

accent

#2DB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD79

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

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