#CDCE79#CDCE79

#CDCE79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.108 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE79
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -12.68, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 43.95, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0353 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.108 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7001, 58.5032, 26.7069)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE79 #7A79CE

analogous

#CEA579 #CDCE79 #A3CE79

triadic

#CDCE79 #79CDCE #CE79CD

tetradic

#CDCE79 #79CEA5 #7A79CE #CE79A3

square

#CDCE79 #79CEA5 #7A79CE #CE79A3

split-complementary

#CDCE79 #79A3CE #A579CE

monochromatic

#959637 #BCBE4C #CDCE79 #DEDEA6 #EEEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CDCE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE79

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE79	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.108 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddca1',
    500: '#cdce79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce79;
$custom-light: #dddca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.706,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83193,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE79

secondary

#504F9C

accent

#2CBA2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE79

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

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