#CBC599#CBC599

#CBC599 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.059 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC599
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -4.93, 22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 23.41, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0114 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.059 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3447, 54.9298, 38.0812)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC599 #999FCB

analogous

#CBAC99 #CBC599 #B8CB99

triadic

#CBC599 #99CBC5 #C599CB

tetradic

#CBC599 #99CBAC #999FCB #CB99B8

square

#CBC599 #99CBAC #999FCB #CB99B8

split-complementary

#CBC599 #99B8CB #AC99CB

monochromatic

#9B924F #B6AE70 #CBC599 #E0DCC2 #F4F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CBC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC599

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC599	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.059 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd6b7',
    500: '#cbc599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc599;
$custom-light: #dbd6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81724,
    "c": 0.05913,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC599

secondary

#686FA0

accent

#48AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC599

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

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