#CBC596#CBC596

#CBC596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.063 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC596
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -5.35, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 24.97, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0126 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.063 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1000, 54.8319, 36.7927)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC596 #969CCB

analogous

#CBAB96 #CBC596 #B7CB96

triadic

#CBC596 #96CBC5 #C596CB

tetradic

#CBC596 #96CBAB #969CCB #CB96B7

square

#CBC596 #96CBAB #969CCB #CB96B7

split-complementary

#CBC596 #96B7CB #AB96CB

monochromatic

#9A914C #B7AE6D #CBC596 #DFDCBF #F4F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CBC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC596

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC596	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.063 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd6b5',
    500: '#cbc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc596;
$custom-light: #dbd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81661,
    "c": 0.06292,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC596

secondary

#656CA0

accent

#46AD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC596

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

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