#CBC79E#CBC79E

#CBC79E is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.055 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC79E
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 22.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -5.27, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 21.73, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0123 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.055 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2234, 56.0127, 40.4542)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC79E #9EA2CB

analogous

#CBB09E #CBC79E #B8CB9E

triadic

#CBC79E #9ECBC7 #C79ECB

tetradic

#CBC79E #9ECBB0 #9EA2CB #CB9EB8

square

#CBC79E #9ECBB0 #9EA2CB #CB9EB8

split-complementary

#CBC79E #9EB8CB #B09ECB

monochromatic

#9B9553 #B6B076 #CBC79E #E0DEC6 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBC79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CBC79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC79E

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC79E	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.055 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7ba',
    500: '#cbc79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc79e;
$custom-light: #dbd7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82246,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC79E

secondary

#6D72A0

accent

#46A93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC79E

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

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