#CBC196#CBC196

#CBC196 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.059 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC196
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -3.26, 22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 23.20, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0066 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.059 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2038, 53.0395, 36.4939)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC196 #96A0CB

analogous

#CBA796 #CBC196 #BBCB96

triadic

#CBC196 #96CBC1 #C196CB

tetradic

#CBC196 #96CBA7 #96A0CB #CB96BB

square

#CBC196 #96CBA7 #96A0CB #CB96BB

split-complementary

#CBC196 #96BBCB #A796CB

monochromatic

#9A8C4C #B7A96D #CBC196 #DFD9BF #F4F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CBC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC196

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC196	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.059 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd3b5',
    500: '#cbc196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc196;
$custom-light: #dbd3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80835,
    "c": 0.05857,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC196

secondary

#6570A0

accent

#4FAD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC196

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

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