#CBC178#CBC178

#CBC178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.094 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC178
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 40.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -6.93, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 38.60, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0188 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.094 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0897, 52.1938, 25.3595)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC178 #7882CB

analogous

#CB9778 #CBC178 #ABCB78

triadic

#CBC178 #78CBC1 #C178CB

tetradic

#CBC178 #78CB97 #7882CB #CB78AB

square

#CBC178 #78CB97 #7882CB #CB78AB

split-complementary

#CBC178 #78ABCB #9778CB

monochromatic

#918638 #BAAD4C #CBC178 #DCD5A4 #EDEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CBC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC178

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC178	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.094 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd3a0',
    500: '#cbc178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc178;
$custom-light: #dcd3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80274,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC178

secondary

#505898

accent

#3FB82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC178

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

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