#CDCC78#CDCC78

#CDCC78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.107 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC78
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -11.77, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 43.52, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0328 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.107 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1607, 57.5220, 26.2261)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC78 #7879CD

analogous

#CDA178 #CDCC78 #A3CD78

triadic

#CDCC78 #78CDCC #CC78CD

tetradic

#CDCC78 #78CDA1 #7879CD #CD78A3

square

#CDCC78 #78CDA1 #7879CD #CD78A3

split-complementary

#CDCC78 #78A3CD #A178CD

monochromatic

#949337 #BCBB4B #CDCC78 #DEDDA5 #EEEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDCC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC78

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC78	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.107 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedba0',
    500: '#cdcc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc78;
$custom-light: #dedba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82755,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC78

secondary

#4F509A

accent

#2EB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC78

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

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