#CDCA78#CDCA78

#CDCA78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.104 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA78
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -10.75, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 42.61, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0299 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.104 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6884, 56.5774, 26.0687)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA78 #787BCD

analogous

#CD9F78 #CDCA78 #A5CD78

triadic

#CDCA78 #78CDCA #CA78CD

tetradic

#CDCA78 #78CD9F #787BCD #CD78A5

square

#CDCA78 #78CD9F #787BCD #CD78A5

split-complementary

#CDCA78 #78A5CD #9F78CD

monochromatic

#949137 #BCB84B #CDCA78 #DEDCA5 #EEEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CDCA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA78

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA78	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.104 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedaa0',
    500: '#cdca78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca78;
$custom-light: #dedaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82332,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA78

secondary

#4F529A

accent

#31B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA78

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

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