#CBC9BC#CBC9BC

#CBC9BC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.018 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC9BC
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(52, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 7.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -1.60, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 6.92, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.003 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.018 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5912, 58.1009, 55.9059)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC9BC #BCBECB

analogous

#CBC2BC #CBC9BC #C6CBBC

triadic

#CBC9BC #BCCBC9 #C9BCCB

tetradic

#CBC9BC #BCCBC2 #BCBECB #CBBCC6

square

#CBC9BC #BCCBC2 #BCBECB #CBBCC6

split-complementary

#CBC9BC #BCC6CB #C2BCCB

monochromatic

#969177 #B0AD9A #CBC9BC #E6E5DE #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CBC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#CBC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC9BC

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC9BC	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.018 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad9d0',
    500: '#cbc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc9bc;
$custom-light: #dad9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 12.605,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83387,
    "c": 0.0179,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC9BC

secondary

#8C8F9F

accent

#58974F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC9BC

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

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