#CBC696#CBC696

#CBC696 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.064 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC696
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -5.87, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 25.44, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0141 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.064 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3278, 55.2876, 36.8686)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC696 #969BCB

analogous

#CBAC96 #CBC696 #B6CB96

triadic

#CBC696 #96CBC6 #C696CB

tetradic

#CBC696 #96CBAC #969BCB #CB96B6

square

#CBC696 #96CBAC #969BCB #CB96B6

split-complementary

#CBC696 #96B6CB #AC96CB

monochromatic

#9A934C #B7B06D #CBC696 #DFDCBF #F4F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBC696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CBC696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC696

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC696	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.064 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7b5',
    500: '#cbc696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc696;
$custom-light: #dbd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81868,
    "c": 0.06407,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC696

secondary

#656BA0

accent

#44AD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC696

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

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