#CBC491#CBC491

#CBC491 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.068 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC491
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 28.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -5.50, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 27.12, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0132 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.068 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4796, 54.2217, 34.6419)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC491 #9198CB

analogous

#CBA791 #CBC491 #B5CB91

triadic

#CBC491 #91CBC4 #C491CB

tetradic

#CBC491 #91CBA7 #9198CB #CB91B5

square

#CBC491 #91CBA7 #9198CB #CB91B5

split-complementary

#CBC491 #91B5CB #A791CB

monochromatic

#998F48 #B7AE67 #CBC491 #DFDABB #F2F1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CBC491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC491

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC491	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)

#CEC18E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.068 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5b1',
    500: '#cbc491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc491;
$custom-light: #dbd5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81351,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC491

secondary

#6068A0

accent

#45AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC491

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

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