#CBC899#CBC899

#CBC899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.063 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC899
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -6.49, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 24.82, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0158 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.063 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0326, 56.3058, 38.3106)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC899 #999CCB

analogous

#CBAF99 #CBC899 #B5CB99

triadic

#CBC899 #99CBC8 #C899CB

tetradic

#CBC899 #99CBAF #999CCB #CB99B5

square

#CBC899 #99CBAF #999CCB #CB99B5

split-complementary

#CBC899 #99B5CB #AF99CB

monochromatic

#9B964F #B6B270 #CBC899 #E0DEC2 #F4F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CBC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CBC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC899

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC899	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.063 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd8b7',
    500: '#cbc899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc899;
$custom-light: #dbd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82346,
    "c": 0.06267,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC899

secondary

#686CA0

accent

#41AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC899

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

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