#CBC478#CBC478

#CBC478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.098 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC478
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 40.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -8.48, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 39.89, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0232 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.098 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7596, 53.5337, 25.5828)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC478 #787FCB

analogous

#CB9A78 #CBC478 #A8CB78

triadic

#CBC478 #78CBC4 #C478CB

tetradic

#CBC478 #78CB9A #787FCB #CB78A8

square

#CBC478 #78CB9A #787FCB #CB78A8

split-complementary

#CBC478 #78A8CB #9A78CB

monochromatic

#918938 #BAB14C #CBC478 #DCD7A4 #EDEBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CBC478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC478

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC478	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.098 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5a0',
    500: '#cbc478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc478;
$custom-light: #dcd5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.94,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80902,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC478

secondary

#505698

accent

#3AB82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC478

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

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