#CBC99F#CBC99F

#CBC99F is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.056 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC99F
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(57, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 21.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -6.16, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 22.18, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0148 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.056 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7731, 56.9737, 41.0638)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC99F #9FA1CB

analogous

#CBB39F #CBC99F #B7CB9F

triadic

#CBC99F #9FCBC9 #C99FCB

tetradic

#CBC99F #9FCBB3 #9FA1CB #CB9FB7

square

#CBC99F #9FCBB3 #9FA1CB #CB9FB7

split-complementary

#CBC99F #9FB7CB #B39FCB

monochromatic

#9B9854 #B5B377 #CBC99F #E1DFC7 #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CBC99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CBC99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC99F

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC99F	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D1C69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.056 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd9bb',
    500: '#cbc99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc99f;
$custom-light: #dbd9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82682,
    "c": 0.05623,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC99F

secondary

#6E70A0

accent

#42A83D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC99F

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

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