#CDC78F#CDC78F

#CDC78F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.074 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC78F
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 143)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 30.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -6.54, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 29.59, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0163 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.074 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5585, 55.8102, 34.0904)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC78F #8F95CD

analogous

#CDA88F #CDC78F #B4CD8F

triadic

#CDC78F #8FCDC7 #C78FCD

tetradic

#CDC78F #8FCDA8 #8F95CD #CD8FB4

square

#CDC78F #8FCDA8 #8F95CD #CD8FB4

split-complementary

#CDC78F #8FB4CD #A88FCD

monochromatic

#9C9446 #BAB265 #CDC78F #E0DCB9 #F3F1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC78F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDC78F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC78F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC78F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC78F	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)

#D1C38B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc78f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.074 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b0',
    500: '#cdc78f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc78f;
$custom-light: #ddd7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc78f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82103,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC78F

secondary

#5E65A2

accent

#40B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC78F

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

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