#CBC487#CBC487

#CBC487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.080 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC487
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 33.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -6.76, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 32.28, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0173 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.08 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7422, 53.9267, 30.7582)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC487 #878ECB

analogous

#CBA287 #CBC487 #B0CB87

triadic

#CBC487 #87CBC4 #C487CB

tetradic

#CBC487 #87CBA2 #878ECB #CB87B0

square

#CBC487 #87CBA2 #878ECB #CB87B0

split-complementary

#CBC487 #87B0CB #A287CB

monochromatic

#968E41 #B8AF5C #CBC487 #DED9B2 #F0EEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CBC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC487

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC487	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.080 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5aa',
    500: '#cbc487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc487;
$custom-light: #dcd5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81159,
    "c": 0.08022,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC487

secondary

#59609D

accent

#40B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC487

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

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