#CBC281#CBC281

#CBC281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.085 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC281
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 36.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -6.44, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 34.47, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0167 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.085 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8835, 52.8663, 28.4465)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC281 #818ACB

analogous

#CB9D81 #CBC281 #AFCB81

triadic

#CBC281 #81CBC2 #C281CB

tetradic

#CBC281 #81CB9D #818ACB #CB81AF

square

#CBC281 #81CB9D #818ACB #CB81AF

split-complementary

#CBC281 #81AFCB #9D81CB

monochromatic

#948A3D #B9AD56 #CBC281 #DDD7AC #EFECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CBC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC281

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC281	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.085 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd4a6',
    500: '#cbc281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc281;
$custom-light: #dcd4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80634,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC281

secondary

#555E9B

accent

#41B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC281

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

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