#CBC469#CBC469

#CBC469 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.114 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC469
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 48.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -9.97, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 47.27, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0289 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.114 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9195, 53.1976, 21.1585)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC469 #6970CB

analogous

#CB9369 #CBC469 #A1CB69

triadic

#CBC469 #69CBC4 #C469CB

tetradic

#CBC469 #69CB93 #6970CB #CB69A1

square

#CBC469 #69CB93 #6970CB #CB69A1

split-complementary

#CBC469 #69A1CB #9369CB

monochromatic

#8A8330 #B7AF40 #CBC469 #DBD696 #EBE8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CBC469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC469

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC469	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.114 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd596',
    500: '#cbc469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc469;
$custom-light: #ddd596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80681,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC469

secondary

#474D91

accent

#34BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC469

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

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