#CBC581#CBC581

#CBC581 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.088 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC581
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -7.99, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 35.79, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0212 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.088 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5580, 54.2151, 28.6713)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC581 #8187CB

analogous

#CBA081 #CBC581 #ACCB81

triadic

#CBC581 #81CBC5 #C581CB

tetradic

#CBC581 #81CBA0 #8187CB #CB81AC

square

#CBC581 #81CBA0 #8187CB #CB81AC

split-complementary

#CBC581 #81ACCB #A081CB

monochromatic

#948D3D #B9B156 #CBC581 #DDD9AC #EFEDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CBC581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC581

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC581	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.088 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6a6',
    500: '#cbc581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc581;
$custom-light: #dcd6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81261,
    "c": 0.08844,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC581

secondary

#555B9B

accent

#3CB531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC581

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

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