#CBC577#CBC577

#CBC577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.100 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC577
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 41.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -9.10, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 40.83, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0251 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.1 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9255, 53.9621, 25.3403)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC577 #777DCB

analogous

#CB9B77 #CBC577 #A7CB77

triadic

#CBC577 #77CBC5 #C577CB

tetradic

#CBC577 #77CB9B #777DCB #CB77A7

square

#CBC577 #77CB9B #777DCB #CB77A7

split-complementary

#CBC577 #77A7CB #9B77CB

monochromatic

#908A37 #BAB24B #CBC577 #DCD8A3 #EDEBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CBC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC577

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC577	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.100 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd69f',
    500: '#cbc577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc577;
$custom-light: #dcd69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81096,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC577

secondary

#4F5497

accent

#38B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC577

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

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