#CBC595#CBC595

#CBC595 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.064 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC595
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 26.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -5.48, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 25.49, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.013 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.064 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0198, 54.7999, 36.3704)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC595 #959BCB

analogous

#CBAA95 #CBC595 #B6CB95

triadic

#CBC595 #95CBC5 #C595CB

tetradic

#CBC595 #95CBAA #959BCB #CB95B6

square

#CBC595 #95CBAA #959BCB #CB95B6

split-complementary

#CBC595 #95B6CB #AA95CB

monochromatic

#9A914C #B7AF6C #CBC595 #DFDBBE #F3F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CBC595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC595

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC595	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.064 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd6b4',
    500: '#cbc595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc595;
$custom-light: #dbd6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8164,
    "c": 0.06418,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC595

secondary

#646BA0

accent

#45AD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC595

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

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