#CDC478#CDC478

#CDC478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.098 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC478
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -7.68, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 39.97, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.021 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.098 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3079, 53.8164, 25.6085)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC478 #7881CD

analogous

#CD9978 #CDC478 #ABCD78

triadic

#CDC478 #78CDC4 #C478CD

tetradic

#CDC478 #78CD99 #7881CD #CD78AB

square

#CDC478 #78CD99 #7881CD #CD78AB

split-complementary

#CDC478 #78ABCD #9978CD

monochromatic

#948A37 #BCB04B #CDC478 #DED8A5 #EEEBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC478

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC478	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.098 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5a0',
    500: '#cdc478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc478;
$custom-light: #ddd5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81073,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC478

secondary

#4F579A

accent

#3BB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC478

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

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