#CDC078#CDC078

#CDC078 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.094 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC078
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -5.61, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 38.30, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0151 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.094 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4176, 52.0359, 25.3118)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC078 #7885CD

analogous

#CD9578 #CDC078 #AFCD78

triadic

#CDC078 #78CDC0 #C078CD

tetradic

#CDC078 #78CD95 #7885CD #CD78AF

square

#CDC078 #78CD95 #7885CD #CD78AF

split-complementary

#CDC078 #78AFCD #9578CD

monochromatic

#948637 #BCAB4B #CDC078 #DED5A5 #EEEAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CDC078 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC078

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC078	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.094 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd2a0',
    500: '#cdc078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc078;
$custom-light: #ddd2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8024,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC078

secondary

#4F5B9A

accent

#42B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC078

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

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