#CBC997#CBC997

#CBC997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.066 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC997
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 25.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -7.28, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 26.34, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0181 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.066 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1012, 56.7050, 37.5253)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC997 #9799CB

analogous

#CBAF97 #CBC997 #B3CB97

triadic

#CBC997 #97CBC9 #C997CB

tetradic

#CBC997 #97CBAF #9799CB #CB97B3

square

#CBC997 #97CBAF #9799CB #CB97B3

split-complementary

#CBC997 #97B3CB #AF97CB

monochromatic

#9A974D #B7B46E #CBC997 #DFDEC0 #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CBC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC997

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC997	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.066 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd9b6',
    500: '#cbc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc997;
$custom-light: #dbd9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82513,
    "c": 0.06641,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC997

secondary

#6668A0

accent

#3EAC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC997

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

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