#CBC397#CBC397

#CBC397 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.059 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC397
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 25.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -4.17, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 23.55, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0092 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.059 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7298, 53.9621, 37.0682)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC397 #979FCB

analogous

#CBA997 #CBC397 #B9CB97

triadic

#CBC397 #97CBC3 #C397CB

tetradic

#CBC397 #97CBA9 #979FCB #CB97B9

square

#CBC397 #97CBA9 #979FCB #CB97B9

split-complementary

#CBC397 #97B9CB #A997CB

monochromatic

#9A8F4D #B7AB6E #CBC397 #DFDBC0 #F4F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CBC397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC397

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC397	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)

#CCC094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.059 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5b5',
    500: '#cbc397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc397;
$custom-light: #dbd5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.05943,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC397

secondary

#666FA0

accent

#4BAC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC397

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

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