#CBC8AE#CBC8AE

#CBC8AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.035 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC8AE
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(54, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -3.37, 13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 13.81, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0072 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.035 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9222, 57.0616, 48.2622)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC8AE #AEB1CB

analogous

#CBBAAE #CBC8AE #C0CBAE

triadic

#CBC8AE #AECBC8 #C8AECB

tetradic

#CBC8AE #AECBBA #AEB1CB #CBAEC0

square

#CBC8AE #AECBBA #AEB1CB #CBAEC0

split-complementary

#CBC8AE #AEC0CB #BAAECB

monochromatic

#9B9564 #B3AF89 #CBC8AE #E3E1D3 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CBC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#CBC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC8AE

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC8AE	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.035 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd8c6',
    500: '#cbc8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc8ae;
$custom-light: #dbd8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82824,
    "c": 0.0354,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC8AE

secondary

#7D81A0

accent

#4FA045

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC8AE

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

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