#CBC971#CBC971

#CBC971 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.111 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC971
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 113)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 44.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -11.76, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 45.57, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0333 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.111 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4968, 55.6632, 23.8090)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC971 #7173CB

analogous

#CB9C71 #CBC971 #A0CB71

triadic

#CBC971 #71CBC9 #C971CB

tetradic

#CBC971 #71CB9C #7173CB #CB71A0

square

#CBC971 #71CB9C #7173CB #CB71A0

split-complementary

#CBC971 #71A0CB #9C71CB

monochromatic

#8E8C34 #BBB844 #CBC971 #DBDA9E #ECEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBC971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CBC971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC971

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC971	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)

#D6C36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.111 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd99b',
    500: '#cbc971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc971;
$custom-light: #dcd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 46.392,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8185,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC971

secondary

#4C4D95

accent

#2FBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC971

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

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