#CDC778#CDC778

#CDC778 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.101 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC778
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -9.22, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 41.27, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0255 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.101 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9913, 55.1833, 25.8364)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC778 #787ECD

analogous

#CD9C78 #CDC778 #A8CD78

triadic

#CDC778 #78CDC7 #C778CD

tetradic

#CDC778 #78CD9C #787ECD #CD78A8

square

#CDC778 #78CD9C #787ECD #CD78A8

split-complementary

#CDC778 #78A8CD #9C78CD

monochromatic

#948D37 #BCB44B #CDC778 #DEDAA5 #EEECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC778

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC778	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.101 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a0',
    500: '#cdc778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc778;
$custom-light: #ddd7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81702,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC778

secondary

#4F549A

accent

#36B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC778

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

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