#CBC160#CBC160

#CBC160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC160
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -9.23, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 50.33, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0277 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8112, 51.6825, 18.6266)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC160 #606ACB

analogous

#CB8B60 #CBC160 #9FCB60

triadic

#CBC160 #60CBC1 #C160CB

tetradic

#CBC160 #60CB8B #606ACB #CB609F

square

#CBC160 #60CB8B #606ACB #CB609F

split-complementary

#CBC160 #609FCB #8B60CB

monochromatic

#857D2C #B3A83B #CBC160 #DAD38E #E9E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CBC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC160

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC160	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd390',
    500: '#cbc160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc160;
$custom-light: #ddd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 50.711,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79932,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC160

secondary

#434A8C

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC160

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

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