#CDD978#CDD978

#CDD978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.122 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD978
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(67, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -18.27, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 49.69, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0513 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.122 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.3805, 63.9616, 27.2994)
Luminance	0.6396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD978 #8478D9

analogous

#D9B478 #CDD978 #9CD978

triadic

#CDD978 #78CDD9 #D978CD

tetradic

#CDD978 #78D9B4 #8478D9 #D9789C

square

#CDD978 #78D9B4 #8478D9 #D9789C

split-complementary

#CDD978 #789CD9 #B478D9

monochromatic

#99A72F #BBCC48 #CDD978 #DFE6A8 #F0F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CDD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#CDD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD978

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD978	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.122 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee4a1',
    500: '#cdd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd978;
$custom-light: #dee4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.423,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85522,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD978

secondary

#564AAB

accent

#22C436

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD978

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

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