#CBC480#CBC480

#CBC480 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.088 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC480
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 36.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -7.59, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 35.86, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0201 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.088 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2655, 53.7361, 28.2475)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC480 #8087CB

analogous

#CB9F80 #CBC480 #ADCB80

triadic

#CBC480 #80CBC4 #C480CB

tetradic

#CBC480 #80CB9F #8087CB #CB80AD

square

#CBC480 #80CB9F #8087CB #CB80AD

split-complementary

#CBC480 #80ADCB #9F80CB

monochromatic

#948C3D #B9B055 #CBC480 #DDD8AB #EFECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CBC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC480

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC480	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.088 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5a5',
    500: '#cbc480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc480;
$custom-light: #dcd5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.4,
    "s": 41.899,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81035,
    "c": 0.08849,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC480

secondary

#555B9B

accent

#3DB531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC480

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

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