#CDCE78#CDCE78

#CDCE78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.109 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE78
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 41.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -12.78, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 44.44, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0357 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.109 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6391, 58.4788, 26.3856)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE78 #7978CE

analogous

#CEA478 #CDCE78 #A2CE78

triadic

#CDCE78 #78CDCE #CE78CD

tetradic

#CDCE78 #78CEA4 #7978CE #CE78A2

square

#CDCE78 #78CEA4 #7978CE #CE78A2

split-complementary

#CDCE78 #78A2CE #A478CE

monochromatic

#949536 #BCBE4B #CDCE78 #DEDEA5 #EEEFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDCE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CDCE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE78

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE78	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.109 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedca0',
    500: '#cdce78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce78;
$custom-light: #dedca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.698,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83178,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE78

secondary

#504F9B

accent

#2CBA2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE78

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

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