#CBC579#CBC579

#CBC579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.098 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC579
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -8.89, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 39.83, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0243 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.098 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0469, 54.0107, 25.9796)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC579 #797FCB

analogous

#CB9C79 #CBC579 #A8CB79

triadic

#CBC579 #79CBC5 #C579CB

tetradic

#CBC579 #79CB9C #797FCB #CB79A8

square

#CBC579 #79CB9C #797FCB #CB79A8

split-complementary

#CBC579 #79A8CB #9C79CB

monochromatic

#918B38 #BAB24D #CBC579 #DCD8A5 #EDEBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CBC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC579

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC579	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.098 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6a1',
    500: '#cbc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc579;
$custom-light: #dcd6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81128,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC579

secondary

#505698

accent

#38B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC579

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

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