#CBC272#CBC272

#CBC272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.102 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC272
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 43.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -8.08, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 42.03, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0226 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.102 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9587, 52.4963, 23.5755)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC272 #727BCB

analogous

#CB9672 #CBC272 #A7CB72

triadic

#CBC272 #72CBC2 #C272CB

tetradic

#CBC272 #72CB96 #727BCB #CB72A7

square

#CBC272 #72CB96 #727BCB #CB72A7

split-complementary

#CBC272 #72A7CB #9672CB

monochromatic

#8E8534 #BBAF45 #CBC272 #DBD59F #ECE9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CBC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC272

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC272	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.102 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd49c',
    500: '#cbc272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc272;
$custom-light: #dcd49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80389,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC272

secondary

#4C5495

accent

#3AB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC272

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

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