#CBC797#CBC797

#CBC797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.064 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC797
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 25.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -6.25, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 25.38, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0152 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.064 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6380, 55.7786, 37.3709)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC797 #979BCB

analogous

#CBAD97 #CBC797 #B5CB97

triadic

#CBC797 #97CBC7 #C797CB

tetradic

#CBC797 #97CBAD #979BCB #CB97B5

square

#CBC797 #97CBAD #979BCB #CB97B5

split-complementary

#CBC797 #97B5CB #AD97CB

monochromatic

#9A944D #B7B16E #CBC797 #DFDDC0 #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBC797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CBC797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC797

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC797	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.064 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7b6',
    500: '#cbc797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc797;
$custom-light: #dbd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82097,
    "c": 0.06399,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC797

secondary

#666BA0

accent

#42AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC797

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

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