#CBC796#CBC796

#CBC796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.065 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC796
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -6.38, 25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 25.91, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0156 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.065 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5571, 55.7462, 36.9450)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC796 #969ACB

analogous

#CBAD96 #CBC796 #B5CB96

triadic

#CBC796 #96CBC7 #C796CB

tetradic

#CBC796 #96CBAD #969ACB #CB96B5

square

#CBC796 #96CBAD #969ACB #CB96B5

split-complementary

#CBC796 #96B5CB #AD96CB

monochromatic

#9A944C #B7B16D #CBC796 #DFDDBF #F4F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBC796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CBC796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC796

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC796	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.065 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7b5',
    500: '#cbc796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc796;
$custom-light: #dbd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82076,
    "c": 0.06525,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC796

secondary

#656AA0

accent

#42AD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC796

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

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