#CBC185#CBC185

#CBC185 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.079 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC185
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -5.45, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 31.99, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0136 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.079 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9328, 52.5311, 29.8003)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC185 #858FCB

analogous

#CB9E85 #CBC185 #B2CB85

triadic

#CBC185 #85CBC1 #C185CB

tetradic

#CBC185 #85CB9E #858FCB #CB85B2

square

#CBC185 #85CB9E #858FCB #CB85B2

split-complementary

#CBC185 #85B2CB #9E85CB

monochromatic

#968940 #B9AB5A #CBC185 #DDD7B0 #F0EDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CBC185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC185

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC185	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBD81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.079 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd3a9',
    500: '#cbc185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc185;
$custom-light: #dcd3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80498,
    "c": 0.07937,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC185

secondary

#58629C

accent

#45B332

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC185

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

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