#CBC978#CBC978

#CBC978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.103 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC978
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 40.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -11.04, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 42.13, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0306 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.103 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9062, 55.8270, 25.9651)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC978 #787ACB

analogous

#CB9F78 #CBC978 #A3CB78

triadic

#CBC978 #78CBC9 #C978CB

tetradic

#CBC978 #78CB9F #787ACB #CB78A3

square

#CBC978 #78CB9F #787ACB #CB78A3

split-complementary

#CBC978 #78A3CB #9F78CB

monochromatic

#918F38 #BAB74C #CBC978 #DCDBA4 #EDECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CBC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC978

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC978	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.103 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9a0',
    500: '#cbc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc978;
$custom-light: #dcd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81955,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC978

secondary

#505198

accent

#31B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC978

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

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