#CDCD78#CDCD78

#CDCD78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.108 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD78
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -12.28, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 43.97, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0342 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.108 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3991, 57.9989, 26.3056)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD78 #7878CD

analogous

#CDA278 #CDCD78 #A2CD78

triadic

#CDCD78 #78CDCD #CD78CD

tetradic

#CDCD78 #78CDA2 #7878CD #CD78A2

square

#CDCD78 #78CDA2 #7878CD #CD78A2

split-complementary

#CDCD78 #78A2CD #A278CD

monochromatic

#949437 #BCBC4B #CDCD78 #DEDEA5 #EEEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#CDCD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD78

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD78	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.108 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedca0',
    500: '#cdcd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd78;
$custom-light: #dedca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82966,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD78

secondary

#4F4F9A

accent

#2CB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD78

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

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