#CBC265#CBC265

#CBC265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.116 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC265
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 50.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -9.31, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 48.36, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0274 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.116 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2706, 52.2211, 19.9517)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC265 #656ECB

analogous

#CB8F65 #CBC265 #A1CB65

triadic

#CBC265 #65CBC2 #C265CB

tetradic

#CBC265 #65CB8F #656ECB #CB65A1

square

#CBC265 #65CB8F #656ECB #CB65A1

split-complementary

#CBC265 #65A1CB #8F65CB

monochromatic

#88802E #B6AB3D #CBC265 #DAD493 #EAE6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CBC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC265

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC265	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)

#D0BC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.116 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd493',
    500: '#cbc265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc265;
$custom-light: #ddd493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC265

secondary

#454C8F

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC265

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

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