#CBC169#CBC169

#CBC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC169
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 48.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -8.43, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 46.03, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0245 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2496, 51.8578, 20.9352)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC169 #6973CB

analogous

#CB9069 #CBC169 #A4CB69

triadic

#CBC169 #69CBC1 #C169CB

tetradic

#CBC169 #69CB90 #6973CB #CB69A4

square

#CBC169 #69CB90 #6973CB #CB69A4

split-complementary

#CBC169 #69A4CB #9069CB

monochromatic

#8A8130 #B7AB40 #CBC169 #DBD496 #EBE7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CBC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC169

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC169	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd396',
    500: '#cbc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc169;
$custom-light: #ddd396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80049,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC169

secondary

#474F91

accent

#39BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC169

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

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