#CDC378#CDC378

#CDC378 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.097 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC378
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -7.16, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 39.55, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0195 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.097 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0831, 53.3668, 25.5336)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC378 #7882CD

analogous

#CD9878 #CDC378 #ACCD78

triadic

#CDC378 #78CDC3 #C378CD

tetradic

#CDC378 #78CD98 #7882CD #CD78AC

square

#CDC378 #78CD98 #7882CD #CD78AC

split-complementary

#CDC378 #78ACCD #9878CD

monochromatic

#948937 #BCAF4B #CDC378 #DED7A5 #EEEBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CDC378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC378

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC378	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.097 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5a0',
    500: '#cdc378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc378;
$custom-light: #ddd5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80864,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC378

secondary

#4F589A

accent

#3DB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC378

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

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