#CBC162#CBC162

#CBC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.118 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC162
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 51.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -9.06, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 49.38, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.027 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.118 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9045, 51.7198, 19.1177)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC162 #626CCB

analogous

#CB8D62 #CBC162 #A1CB62

triadic

#CBC162 #62CBC1 #C162CB

tetradic

#CBC162 #62CB8D #626CCB #CB62A1

square

#CBC162 #62CB8D #626CCB #CB62A1

split-complementary

#CBC162 #62A1CB #8D62CB

monochromatic

#867E2C #B4A93C #CBC162 #DAD390 #E9E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CBC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC162

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC162	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)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.118 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd391',
    500: '#cbc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc162;
$custom-light: #ddd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 50.239,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79957,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC162

secondary

#444B8D

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC162

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

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