#CDB978#CDB978

#CDB978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.087 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB978
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -1.95, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 35.61, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0045 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.087 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9171, 49.0348, 24.8116)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB978 #788CCD

analogous

#CD8E78 #CDB978 #B6CD78

triadic

#CDB978 #78CDB9 #B978CD

tetradic

#CDB978 #78CD8E #788CCD #CD78B6

square

#CDB978 #78CD8E #788CCD #CD78B6

split-complementary

#CDB978 #78B6CD #8E78CD

monochromatic

#947E37 #BCA24B #CDB978 #DED0A5 #EEE7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CDB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#CDB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB978

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB978	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.087 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decda0',
    500: '#cdb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb978;
$custom-light: #decda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78793,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB978

secondary

#C1C8DF

accent

#4DB92C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB978

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

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