#CBC57D#CBC57D

#CBC57D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.093 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC57D
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 38.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -8.45, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 37.82, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0228 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.093 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2973, 54.1109, 27.2983)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC57D #7D83CB

analogous

#CB9E7D #CBC57D #AACB7D

triadic

#CBC57D #7DCBC5 #C57DCB

tetradic

#CBC57D #7DCB9E #7D83CB #CB7DAA

square

#CBC57D #7DCB9E #7D83CB #CB7DAA

split-complementary

#CBC57D #7DAACB #9E7DCB

monochromatic

#938C3B #BAB151 #CBC57D #DCD9A9 #EEECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CBC57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC57D

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC57D	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.093 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6a3',
    500: '#cbc57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc57d;
$custom-light: #dcd6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81193,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC57D

secondary

#53589A

accent

#3AB630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC57D

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

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