#CBC99E#CBC99E

#CBC99E is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.058 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC99E
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 22.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -6.30, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 22.70, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0152 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.058 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6866, 56.9391, 40.6086)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC99E #9EA0CB

analogous

#CBB29E #CBC99E #B6CB9E

triadic

#CBC99E #9ECBC9 #C99ECB

tetradic

#CBC99E #9ECBB2 #9EA0CB #CB9EB6

square

#CBC99E #9ECBB2 #9EA0CB #CB9EB6

split-complementary

#CBC99E #9EB6CB #B29ECB

monochromatic

#9B9853 #B6B376 #CBC99E #E0DFC6 #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CBC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC99E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC99E	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.058 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd9ba',
    500: '#cbc99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc99e;
$custom-light: #dbd9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82661,
    "c": 0.05752,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC99E

secondary

#6D6FA0

accent

#41A93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC99E

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

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