#CBC494#CBC494

#CBC494 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.064 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC494
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 27.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -5.10, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 25.56, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.012 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.064 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7140, 54.3155, 35.8763)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC494 #949BCB

analogous

#CBA994 #CBC494 #B7CB94

triadic

#CBC494 #94CBC4 #C494CB

tetradic

#CBC494 #94CBA9 #949BCB #CB94B7

square

#CBC494 #94CBA9 #949BCB #CB94B7

split-complementary

#CBC494 #94B7CB #A994CB

monochromatic

#9A904B #B7AD6B #CBC494 #DFDBBD #F3F1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CBC494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC494

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC494	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.064 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd5b3',
    500: '#cbc494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc494;
$custom-light: #dbd5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 34.591,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81412,
    "c": 0.0643,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC494

secondary

#636BA0

accent

#47AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC494

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

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