#CBC174#CBC174

#CBC174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC174
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 42.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -7.35, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 40.61, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0203 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8520, 52.0988, 24.1077)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC174 #747ECB

analogous

#CB9574 #CBC174 #AACB74

triadic

#CBC174 #74CBC1 #C174CB

tetradic

#CBC174 #74CB95 #747ECB #CB74AA

square

#CBC174 #74CB95 #747ECB #CB74AA

split-complementary

#CBC174 #74AACB #9574CB

monochromatic

#8F8536 #BAAD47 #CBC174 #DCD5A1 #ECE9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CBC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC174

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC174	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd39d',
    500: '#cbc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc174;
$custom-light: #dcd39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8021,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC174

secondary

#4D5696

accent

#3DB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC174

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

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