#CBC38E#CBC38E

#CBC38E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.071 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC38E
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 30%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -5.37, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 28.22, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0129 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.071 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0266, 53.6808, 33.3647)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC38E #8E96CB

analogous

#CBA48E #CBC38E #B5CB8E

triadic

#CBC38E #8ECBC3 #C38ECB

tetradic

#CBC38E #8ECBA4 #8E96CB #CB8EB5

square

#CBC38E #8ECBA4 #8E96CB #CB8EB5

split-complementary

#CBC38E #8EB5CB #A48ECB

monochromatic

#988E46 #B8AD64 #CBC38E #DED9B8 #F2F0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CBC38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC38E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC38E	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.071 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5af',
    500: '#cbc38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc38e;
$custom-light: #dbd5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81084,
    "c": 0.07062,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC38E

secondary

#5E669F

accent

#46B036

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC38E

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

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