#CBC165#CBC165

#CBC165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.115 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC165
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 50.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -8.80, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 47.96, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.026 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.115 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0488, 51.7775, 19.8778)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC165 #656FCB

analogous

#CB8E65 #CBC165 #A2CB65

triadic

#CBC165 #65CBC1 #C165CB

tetradic

#CBC165 #65CB8E #656FCB #CB65A2

square

#CBC165 #65CB8E #656FCB #CB65A2

split-complementary

#CBC165 #65A2CB #8E65CB

monochromatic

#887F2E #B6AA3D #CBC165 #DAD393 #EAE6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CBC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC165

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC165	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.115 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd393',
    500: '#cbc165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc165;
$custom-light: #ddd393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79995,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC165

secondary

#454D8F

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC165

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

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