#CBC472#CBC472

#CBC472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.104 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC472
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 43.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -9.11, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 42.88, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0256 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.104 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4068, 53.3926, 23.7249)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC472 #7279CB

analogous

#CB9872 #CBC472 #A6CB72

triadic

#CBC472 #72CBC4 #C472CB

tetradic

#CBC472 #72CB98 #7279CB #CB72A6

square

#CBC472 #72CB98 #7279CB #CB72A6

split-complementary

#CBC472 #72A6CB #9872CB

monochromatic

#8E8734 #BBB145 #CBC472 #DBD79F #ECE9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CBC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC472

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC472	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.104 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd59c',
    500: '#cbc472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc472;
$custom-light: #dcd59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.281,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80809,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC472

secondary

#4C5295

accent

#37B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC472

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

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