#CBC398#CBC398

#CBC398 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.058 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC398
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 25.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -4.03, 22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 23.03, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0088 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.058 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8113, 53.9947, 37.4977)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC398 #98A0CB

analogous

#CBAA98 #CBC398 #BACB98

triadic

#CBC398 #98CBC3 #C398CB

tetradic

#CBC398 #98CBAA #98A0CB #CB98BA

square

#CBC398 #98CBAA #98A0CB #CB98BA

split-complementary

#CBC398 #98BACB #AA98CB

monochromatic

#9B8F4E #B6AB6F #CBC398 #E0DBC1 #F4F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CBC398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC398

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC398	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.058 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5b6',
    500: '#cbc398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc398;
$custom-light: #dbd5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 32.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81289,
    "c": 0.05817,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC398

secondary

#6770A0

accent

#4CAC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC398

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

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