#CBC987#CBC987

#CBC987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.086 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC987
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(58, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 33.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -9.34, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 34.58, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0247 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.086 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8889, 56.2200, 31.1404)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC987 #8789CB

analogous

#CBA787 #CBC987 #ABCB87

triadic

#CBC987 #87CBC9 #C987CB

tetradic

#CBC987 #87CBA7 #8789CB #CB87AB

square

#CBC987 #87CBA7 #8789CB #CB87AB

split-complementary

#CBC987 #87ABCB #A787CB

monochromatic

#969441 #B8B65C #CBC987 #DEDCB2 #F0EFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CBC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC987

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC987	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.086 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd9aa',
    500: '#cbc987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc987;
$custom-light: #dcd9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82205,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC987

secondary

#595B9D

accent

#37B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC987

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

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