#CDCF79#CDCF79

#CDCF79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.109 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCF79
RGB	rgb(205, 207, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 41.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -13.18, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 44.41, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0367 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.109 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9416, 58.9862, 26.7874)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCF79 #7B79CF

analogous

#CFA679 #CDCF79 #A2CF79

triadic

#CDCF79 #79CDCF #CF79CD

tetradic

#CDCF79 #79CFA6 #7B79CF #CF79A2

square

#CDCF79 #79CFA6 #7B79CF #CF79A2

split-complementary

#CDCF79 #79A2CF #A679CF

monochromatic

#959736 #BCBF4C #CDCF79 #DEDFA6 #EFEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDCF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CDCF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCF79

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCF79	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 207, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.109 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddda1',
    500: '#cdcf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcf79;
$custom-light: #dddda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83405,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCF79

secondary

#514F9D

accent

#2BBB2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCF79

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

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