#CDC878#CDC878

#CDC878 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.102 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC878
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -9.73, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 41.71, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0269 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.102 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2222, 55.6450, 25.9133)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC878 #787DCD

analogous

#CD9D78 #CDC878 #A7CD78

triadic

#CDC878 #78CDC8 #C878CD

tetradic

#CDC878 #78CD9D #787DCD #CD78A7

square

#CDC878 #78CD9D #787DCD #CD78A7

split-complementary

#CDC878 #78A7CD #9D78CD

monochromatic

#948E37 #BCB64B #CDC878 #DEDAA5 #EEECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CDC878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC878

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC878	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.102 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8a0',
    500: '#cdc878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc878;
$custom-light: #ddd8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81912,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC878

secondary

#4F549A

accent

#35B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC878

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

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