#CBC56D#CBC56D

#CBC56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.111 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC56D
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 46.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -10.11, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 45.76, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0289 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.111 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3562, 53.7344, 22.3422)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC56D #6D73CB

analogous

#CB966D #CBC56D #A2CB6D

triadic

#CBC56D #6DCBC5 #C56DCB

tetradic

#CBC56D #6DCB96 #6D73CB #CB6DA2

square

#CBC56D #6DCB96 #6D73CB #CB6DA2

split-complementary

#CBC56D #6DA2CB #966DCB

monochromatic

#8C8632 #B9B142 #CBC56D #DBD79A #EBE9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CBC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC56D

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC56D	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.111 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd698',
    500: '#cbc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc56d;
$custom-light: #dcd698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80947,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC56D

secondary

#4A4E93

accent

#34BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC56D

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

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