#CBC161#CBC161

#CBC161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC161
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -9.14, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 49.86, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0274 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.119 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8576, 51.7010, 18.8706)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC161 #616BCB

analogous

#CB8C61 #CBC161 #A0CB61

triadic

#CBC161 #61CBC1 #C161CB

tetradic

#CBC161 #61CB8C #616BCB #CB61A0

square

#CBC161 #61CB8C #616BCB #CB61A0

split-complementary

#CBC161 #61A0CB #8C61CB

monochromatic

#867D2C #B4A83B #CBC161 #DAD38F #E9E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CBC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC161

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC161	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)

#D0BB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd390',
    500: '#cbc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc161;
$custom-light: #ddd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79944,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC161

secondary

#434A8D

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC161

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

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