#CBC396#CBC396

#CBC396 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.061 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC396
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -4.31, 23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 24.07, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0096 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.061 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6489, 53.9297, 36.6423)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC396 #969ECB

analogous

#CBA996 #CBC396 #B9CB96

triadic

#CBC396 #96CBC3 #C396CB

tetradic

#CBC396 #96CBA9 #969ECB #CB96B9

square

#CBC396 #96CBA9 #969ECB #CB96B9

split-complementary

#CBC396 #96B9CB #A996CB

monochromatic

#9A8E4C #B7AC6D #CBC396 #DFDABF #F4F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CBC396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC396

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC396	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.061 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5b5',
    500: '#cbc396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc396;
$custom-light: #dbd5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81247,
    "c": 0.06069,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC396

secondary

#656EA0

accent

#4AAD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC396

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →