#CBC490#CBC490

#CBC490 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.069 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC490
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 144)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 29.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -5.63, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 27.63, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0136 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.069 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4029, 54.1910, 34.2376)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC490 #9097CB

analogous

#CBA690 #CBC490 #B4CB90

triadic

#CBC490 #90CBC4 #C490CB

tetradic

#CBC490 #90CBA6 #9097CB #CB90B4

square

#CBC490 #90CBA6 #9097CB #CB90B4

split-complementary

#CBC490 #90B4CB #A690CB

monochromatic

#998F48 #B7AE66 #CBC490 #DFDABA #F2F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CBC490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC490

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC490	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.069 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5b1',
    500: '#cbc490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc490;
$custom-light: #dbd5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 36.196,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81331,
    "c": 0.06927,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC490

secondary

#5F67A0

accent

#45AF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC490

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

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