#CBC994#CBC994

#CBC994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.070 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC994
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 148)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 27.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -7.69, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 27.90, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0194 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.07 106)
XYZ	xyz(50.8607, 56.6087, 36.2585)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC994 #9496CB

analogous

#CBAE94 #CBC994 #B2CB94

triadic

#CBC994 #94CBC9 #C994CB

tetradic

#CBC994 #94CBAE #9496CB #CB94B2

square

#CBC994 #94CBAE #9496CB #CB94B2

split-complementary

#CBC994 #94B2CB #AE94CB

monochromatic

#9A974B #B7B46B #CBC994 #DFDEBD #F3F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBC994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CBC994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC994

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC994	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.070 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd9b3',
    500: '#cbc994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc994;
$custom-light: #dbd9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 34.591,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82452,
    "c": 0.07017,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.56608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC994

secondary

#6365A0

accent

#3CAD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC994

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

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