#CDC78E#CDC78E

#CDC78E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.075 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC78E
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 142)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -6.67, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 30.11, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0167 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.075 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4831, 55.7800, 33.6932)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC78E #8E94CD

analogous

#CDA78E #CDC78E #B3CD8E

triadic

#CDC78E #8ECDC7 #C78ECD

tetradic

#CDC78E #8ECDA7 #8E94CD #CD8EB3

square

#CDC78E #8ECDA7 #8E94CD #CD8EB3

split-complementary

#CDC78E #8EB3CD #A78ECD

monochromatic

#9C9345 #BAB264 #CDC78E #E0DCB8 #F3F1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDC78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC78E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC78E	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C38A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.075 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7af',
    500: '#cdc78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc78e;
$custom-light: #ddd7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82084,
    "c": 0.07522,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC78E

secondary

#5D64A2

accent

#40B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC78E

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

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