#CBC479#CBC479

#CBC479 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.097 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC479
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -8.37, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 39.39, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0229 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.097 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8206, 53.5581, 25.9041)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC479 #7980CB

analogous

#CB9B79 #CBC479 #A9CB79

triadic

#CBC479 #79CBC4 #C479CB

tetradic

#CBC479 #79CB9B #7980CB #CB79A9

square

#CBC479 #79CB9B #7980CB #CB79A9

split-complementary

#CBC479 #79A9CB #9B79CB

monochromatic

#918A38 #BAB14D #CBC479 #DCD7A5 #EDEBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CBC479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC479

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC479	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)

#D0BF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.097 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5a1',
    500: '#cbc479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc479;
$custom-light: #dcd5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80918,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC479

secondary

#505698

accent

#3AB72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC479

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

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