#CBC565#CBC565

#CBC565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC565
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 50.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -10.85, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 49.61, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0318 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.119 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9450, 53.5700, 20.1765)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC565 #656BCB

analogous

#CB9265 #CBC565 #9ECB65

triadic

#CBC565 #65CBC5 #C565CB

tetradic

#CBC565 #65CB92 #656BCB #CB659E

square

#CBC565 #65CB92 #656BCB #CB659E

split-complementary

#CBC565 #659ECB #9265CB

monochromatic

#88822E #B6AE3D #CBC565 #DAD693 #EAE7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CBC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC565

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC565	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd693',
    500: '#cbc565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc565;
$custom-light: #ddd693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8084,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC565

secondary

#454A8F

accent

#57D94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC565

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

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