#CBC779#CBC779

#CBC779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.100 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC779
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -9.91, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 40.73, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0273 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.1 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5040, 54.9250, 26.1319)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC779 #797DCB

analogous

#CB9E79 #CBC779 #A6CB79

triadic

#CBC779 #79CBC7 #C779CB

tetradic

#CBC779 #79CB9E #797DCB #CB79A6

square

#CBC779 #79CB9E #797DCB #CB79A6

split-complementary

#CBC779 #79A6CB #9E79CB

monochromatic

#918D38 #BAB54D #CBC779 #DCD9A5 #EDECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CBC779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC779

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC779	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.100 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd7a1',
    500: '#cbc779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc779;
$custom-light: #dcd7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81549,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC779

secondary

#505498

accent

#35B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC779

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

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