#CBC266#CBC266

#CBC266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.115 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC266
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 49.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -9.22, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 47.88, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0271 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.115 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3199, 52.2408, 20.2113)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC266 #666FCB

analogous

#CB8F66 #CBC266 #A2CB66

triadic

#CBC266 #66CBC2 #C266CB

tetradic

#CBC266 #66CB8F #666FCB #CB66A2

square

#CBC266 #66CB8F #666FCB #CB66A2

split-complementary

#CBC266 #66A2CB #8F66CB

monochromatic

#88802E #B6AB3E #CBC266 #DBD494 #EAE6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CBC266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC266

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC266	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.115 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd494',
    500: '#cbc266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc266;
$custom-light: #ddd494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 49.268,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80219,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC266

secondary

#464C8F

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC266

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

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