#CBC79F#CBC79F

#CBC79F is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.054 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC79F
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 21.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -5.12, 20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 21.21, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0119 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.054 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3099, 56.0473, 40.9094)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC79F #9FA3CB

analogous

#CBB19F #CBC79F #B9CB9F

triadic

#CBC79F #9FCBC7 #C79FCB

tetradic

#CBC79F #9FCBB1 #9FA3CB #CB9FB9

square

#CBC79F #9FCBB1 #9FA3CB #CB9FB9

split-complementary

#CBC79F #9FB9CB #B19FCB

monochromatic

#9B9554 #B5B077 #CBC79F #E1DEC7 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBC79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CBC79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC79F

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC79F	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.054 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7bb',
    500: '#cbc79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc79f;
$custom-light: #dbd7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82268,
    "c": 0.0538,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC79F

secondary

#6E73A0

accent

#47A83D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC79F

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

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