#CBC57E#CBC57E

#CBC57E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.092 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC57E
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 37.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -8.34, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 37.31, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0224 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.092 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3615, 54.1365, 27.6364)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC57E #7E84CB

analogous

#CB9F7E #CBC57E #AACB7E

triadic

#CBC57E #7ECBC5 #C57ECB

tetradic

#CBC57E #7ECB9F #7E84CB #CB7EAA

square

#CBC57E #7ECB9F #7E84CB #CB7EAA

split-complementary

#CBC57E #7EAACB #9F7ECB

monochromatic

#938C3B #B9B152 #CBC57E #DDD9AA #EEECD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CBC57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC57E

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC57E	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.092 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6a4',
    500: '#cbc57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc57e;
$custom-light: #dcd6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 42.541,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8121,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC57E

secondary

#53599A

accent

#3AB630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC57E

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

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