#CBC59E#CBC59E

#CBC59E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.053 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC59E
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 22.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -4.23, 20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 20.80, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0093 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.053 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7663, 55.0985, 40.3019)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC59E #9EA4CB

analogous

#CBAE9E #CBC59E #BACB9E

triadic

#CBC59E #9ECBC5 #C59ECB

tetradic

#CBC59E #9ECBAE #9EA4CB #CB9EBA

square

#CBC59E #9ECBAE #9EA4CB #CB9EBA

split-complementary

#CBC59E #9EBACB #AE9ECB

monochromatic

#9B9253 #B6AD76 #CBC59E #E0DDC6 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CBC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC59E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC59E	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.053 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd6ba',
    500: '#cbc59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc59e;
$custom-light: #dbd6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81833,
    "c": 0.05276,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC59E

secondary

#6D74A0

accent

#4BA93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC59E

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

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