#CBC799#CBC799

#CBC799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.061 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC799
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -5.97, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 24.34, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0144 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.061 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8018, 55.8441, 38.2336)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC799 #999DCB

analogous

#CBAE99 #CBC799 #B6CB99

triadic

#CBC799 #99CBC7 #C799CB

tetradic

#CBC799 #99CBAE #999DCB #CB99B6

square

#CBC799 #99CBAE #999DCB #CB99B6

split-complementary

#CBC799 #99B6CB #AE99CB

monochromatic

#9B954F #B6B170 #CBC799 #E0DDC2 #F4F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CBC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC799

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC799	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.061 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7b7',
    500: '#cbc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc799;
$custom-light: #dbd7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82139,
    "c": 0.06146,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC799

secondary

#686DA0

accent

#43AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC799

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

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