#CDC978#CDC978

#CDC978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.103 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC978
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -10.24, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 42.16, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0284 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.103 106)
XYZ	xyz(49.4545, 56.1097, 25.9908)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC978 #787CCD

analogous

#CD9E78 #CDC978 #A6CD78

triadic

#CDC978 #78CDC9 #C978CD

tetradic

#CDC978 #78CD9E #787CCD #CD78A6

square

#CDC978 #78CD9E #787CCD #CD78A6

split-complementary

#CDC978 #78A6CD #9E78CD

monochromatic

#948F37 #BCB74B #CDC978 #DEDBA5 #EEEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CDC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC978

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC978	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.103 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a0',
    500: '#cdc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc978;
$custom-light: #ddd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82122,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.56108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC978

secondary

#4F539A

accent

#33B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC978

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

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