#CBC587#CBC587

#CBC587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.081 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC587
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 33.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -7.28, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 32.73, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0188 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.081 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9685, 54.3794, 30.8337)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC587 #878DCB

analogous

#CBA387 #CBC587 #AFCB87

triadic

#CBC587 #87CBC5 #C587CB

tetradic

#CBC587 #87CBA3 #878DCB #CB87AF

square

#CBC587 #87CBA3 #878DCB #CB87AF

split-complementary

#CBC587 #87AFCB #A387CB

monochromatic

#968F41 #B8B05C #CBC587 #DEDAB2 #F0EEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CBC587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC587

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC587	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.081 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6aa',
    500: '#cbc587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc587;
$custom-light: #dcd6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81368,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC587

secondary

#595F9D

accent

#3EB333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC587

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

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