#CDC178#CDC178

#CDC178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC178
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -6.13, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 38.71, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0166 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6380, 52.4766, 25.3852)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC178 #7884CD

analogous

#CD9678 #CDC178 #AECD78

triadic

#CDC178 #78CDC1 #C178CD

tetradic

#CDC178 #78CD96 #7884CD #CD78AE

square

#CDC178 #78CD96 #7884CD #CD78AE

split-complementary

#CDC178 #78AECD #9678CD

monochromatic

#948737 #BCAC4B #CDC178 #DED6A5 #EEEAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CDC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC178

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC178	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3a0',
    500: '#cdc178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc178;
$custom-light: #ddd3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80448,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC178

secondary

#4F5A9A

accent

#40B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC178

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

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