#CBC181#CBC181

#CBC181 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.084 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC181
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 36.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -5.92, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 34.04, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0152 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.084 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6617, 52.4227, 28.3725)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC181 #818BCB

analogous

#CB9C81 #CBC181 #B0CB81

triadic

#CBC181 #81CBC1 #C181CB

tetradic

#CBC181 #81CB9C #818BCB #CB81B0

square

#CBC181 #81CB9C #818BCB #CB81B0

split-complementary

#CBC181 #81B0CB #9C81CB

monochromatic

#94893D #B9AC56 #CBC181 #DDD6AC #EFECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CBC181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC181

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC181	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.084 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd3a6',
    500: '#cbc181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc181;
$custom-light: #dcd3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80426,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC181

secondary

#555F9B

accent

#43B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC181

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

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