#CBC99D#CBC99D

#CBC99D is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.059 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC99D
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 22.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -6.45, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 23.22, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0157 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.059 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6009, 56.9048, 40.1572)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC99D #9D9FCB

analogous

#CBB29D #CBC99D #B6CB9D

triadic

#CBC99D #9DCBC9 #C99DCB

tetradic

#CBC99D #9DCBB2 #9D9FCB #CB9DB6

square

#CBC99D #9DCBB2 #9D9FCB #CB9DB6

split-complementary

#CBC99D #9DB6CB #B29DCB

monochromatic

#9B9852 #B6B375 #CBC99D #E0DFC5 #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CBC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC99D

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC99D	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.059 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd9ba',
    500: '#cbc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc99d;
$custom-light: #dbd9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82639,
    "c": 0.05879,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC99D

secondary

#6C6EA0

accent

#41A93C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC99D

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

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