#CBC477#CBC477

#CBC477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.099 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC477
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 41.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -8.59, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 40.39, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0236 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.099 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6992, 53.5095, 25.2649)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC477 #777ECB

analogous

#CB9A77 #CBC477 #A8CB77

triadic

#CBC477 #77CBC4 #C477CB

tetradic

#CBC477 #77CB9A #777ECB #CB77A8

square

#CBC477 #77CB9A #777ECB #CB77A8

split-complementary

#CBC477 #77A8CB #9A77CB

monochromatic

#908937 #BAB14B #CBC477 #DCD7A3 #EDEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CBC477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC477

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC477	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.099 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd59f',
    500: '#cbc477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc477;
$custom-light: #dcd59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80886,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC477

secondary

#4F5597

accent

#39B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC477

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

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