#CBC299#CBC299

#CBC299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.056 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC299
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -3.37, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 22.07, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0069 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.056 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6702, 53.5810, 37.8564)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC299 #99A2CB

analogous

#CBA999 #CBC299 #BBCB99

triadic

#CBC299 #99CBC2 #C299CB

tetradic

#CBC299 #99CBA9 #99A2CB #CB99BB

square

#CBC299 #99CBA9 #99A2CB #CB99BB

split-complementary

#CBC299 #99BBCB #A999CB

monochromatic

#9B8D4F #B6AA70 #CBC299 #E0DAC2 #F4F2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CBC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC299

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC299	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.056 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd4b7',
    500: '#cbc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc299;
$custom-light: #dbd4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81105,
    "c": 0.05584,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC299

secondary

#6872A0

accent

#4FAB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC299

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

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