#CBC170#CBC170

#CBC170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.103 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC170
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 44.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -7.76, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 42.60, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0219 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.103 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6243, 52.0077, 22.9086)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC170 #707ACB

analogous

#CB9470 #CBC170 #A8CB70

triadic

#CBC170 #70CBC1 #C170CB

tetradic

#CBC170 #70CB94 #707ACB #CB70A8

square

#CBC170 #70CB94 #707ACB #CB70A8

split-complementary

#CBC170 #70A8CB #9470CB

monochromatic

#8D8333 #BAAD44 #CBC170 #DBD49D #ECE8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CBC170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC170

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC170	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.103 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd39a',
    500: '#cbc170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc170;
$custom-light: #dcd39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80149,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC170

secondary

#4B5394

accent

#3BBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC170

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

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