#CBC173#CBC173

#CBC173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.100 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC173
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 43.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -7.46, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 41.11, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0207 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.1 102)
XYZ	xyz(46.7941, 52.0756, 23.8030)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC173 #737DCB

analogous

#CB9573 #CBC173 #A9CB73

triadic

#CBC173 #73CBC1 #C173CB

tetradic

#CBC173 #73CB95 #737DCB #CB73A9

square

#CBC173 #73CB95 #737DCB #CB73A9

split-complementary

#CBC173 #73A9CB #9573CB

monochromatic

#8F8435 #BAAD46 #CBC173 #DCD5A0 #ECE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CBC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC173

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC173	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.100 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd39c',
    500: '#cbc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc173;
$custom-light: #dcd39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80195,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.52074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC173

secondary

#4D5595

accent

#3CB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC173

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

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