#CBB978#CBB978

#CBB978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.087 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB978
RGB	rgb(203, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 40.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -2.76, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 35.40, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0067 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.087 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3688, 48.7521, 24.7859)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB978 #788ACB

analogous

#CB8F78 #CBB978 #B3CB78

triadic

#CBB978 #78CBB9 #B978CB

tetradic

#CBB978 #78CB8F #788ACB #CB78B3

square

#CBB978 #78CB8F #788ACB #CB78B3

split-complementary

#CBB978 #78B3CB #8F78CB

monochromatic

#917E38 #BAA24C #CBB978 #DCD0A4 #EDE7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CBB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#CBB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB978

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB978	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.087 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccda0',
    500: '#cbb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb978;
$custom-light: #dccda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.988,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78612,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB978

secondary

#C1C7DE

accent

#4CB82E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB978

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

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