#CBB972#CBB972

#CBB972 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.093 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB972
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 43.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -3.40, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 38.42, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0091 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.093 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0160, 48.6110, 22.9279)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB972 #7284CB

analogous

#CB8D72 #CBB972 #B1CB72

triadic

#CBB972 #72CBB9 #B972CB

tetradic

#CBB972 #72CB8D #7284CB #CB72B1

square

#CBB972 #72CB8D #7284CB #CB72B1

split-complementary

#CBB972 #72B1CB #8D72CB

monochromatic

#8E7C34 #BBA345 #CBB972 #DBCF9F #ECE5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CBB972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#CBB972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB972

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB972	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.093 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccd9b',
    500: '#cbb972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb972;
$custom-light: #dccd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.865,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78514,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB972

secondary

#BCC3DD

accent

#49B92C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB972

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

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