#CBC970#CBC970

#CBC970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.112 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC970
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 44.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -11.86, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 46.06, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0336 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.112 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4408, 55.6408, 23.5141)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC970 #7072CB

analogous

#CB9C70 #CBC970 #A0CB70

triadic

#CBC970 #70CBC9 #C970CB

tetradic

#CBC970 #70CB9C #7072CB #CB70A0

square

#CBC970 #70CB9C #7072CB #CB70A0

split-complementary

#CBC970 #70A0CB #9C70CB

monochromatic

#8D8B33 #BAB844 #CBC970 #DBDA9D #ECEBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CBC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC970

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC970	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.112 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd99b',
    500: '#cbc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc970;
$custom-light: #dcd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81836,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC970

secondary

#4B4D94

accent

#2FBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC970

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

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