#CBC36D#CBC36D

#CBC36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.109 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC36D
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 46.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -9.08, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 44.91, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.026 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.109 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9051, 52.8322, 22.1919)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC36D #6D75CB

analogous

#CB946D #CBC36D #A4CB6D

triadic

#CBC36D #6DCBC3 #C36DCB

tetradic

#CBC36D #6DCB94 #6D75CB #CB6DA4

square

#CBC36D #6DCB94 #6D75CB #CB6DA4

split-complementary

#CBC36D #6DA4CB #946DCB

monochromatic

#8C8432 #B9AF42 #CBC36D #DBD69A #EBE8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CBC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC36D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC36D	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#D0BE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.109 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd598',
    500: '#cbc36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc36d;
$custom-light: #dcd598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80526,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC36D

secondary

#4A5093

accent

#37BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC36D

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

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