#CBC481#CBC481

#CBC481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.087 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC481
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 36.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -7.48, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 35.35, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0197 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.087 103)
XYZ	xyz(48.3317, 53.7625, 28.5958)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC481 #8188CB

analogous

#CB9F81 #CBC481 #ADCB81

triadic

#CBC481 #81CBC4 #C481CB

tetradic

#CBC481 #81CB9F #8188CB #CB81AD

square

#CBC481 #81CB9F #8188CB #CB81AD

split-complementary

#CBC481 #81ADCB #9F81CB

monochromatic

#948C3D #B9B056 #CBC481 #DDD8AC #EFEDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CBC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC481

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC481	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)

#CFC07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.087 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5a6',
    500: '#cbc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc481;
$custom-light: #dcd5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.324,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81052,
    "c": 0.08733,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.53761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC481

secondary

#555C9B

accent

#3DB531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC481

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

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