#CBC489#CBC489

#CBC489 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.078 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC489
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 32.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -6.52, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 31.25, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0165 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.078 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8844, 53.9836, 31.5068)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC489 #8990CB

analogous

#CBA389 #CBC489 #B1CB89

triadic

#CBC489 #89CBC4 #C489CB

tetradic

#CBC489 #89CBA3 #8990CB #CB89B1

square

#CBC489 #89CBA3 #8990CB #CB89B1

split-complementary

#CBC489 #89B1CB #A389CB

monochromatic

#978E43 #B8AF5F #CBC489 #DED9B3 #F0EEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CBC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC489

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC489	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.078 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5ac',
    500: '#cbc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc489;
$custom-light: #dbd5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81196,
    "c": 0.07782,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC489

secondary

#5A629E

accent

#41B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC489

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

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