#CBCAB9#CBCAB9

#CBCAB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.023 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCAB9
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 185)
HSL	hsl(57, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -2.63, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 9.00, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0057 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.023 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5050, 58.4407, 54.2983)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCAB9 #B9BACB

analogous

#CBC1B9 #CBCAB9 #C3CBB9

triadic

#CBCAB9 #B9CBCA #CAB9CB

tetradic

#CBCAB9 #B9CBC1 #B9BACB #CBB9C3

square

#CBCAB9 #B9CBC1 #B9BACB #CBB9C3

split-complementary

#CBCAB9 #B9C3CB #C1B9CB

monochromatic

#979573 #B1AF96 #CBCAB9 #E5E5DC #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CBCAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CBCAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCAB9

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCAB9	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.023 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadace',
    500: '#cbcab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcab9;
$custom-light: #dadace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83512,
    "c": 0.02318,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCAB9

secondary

#898A9F

accent

#51994D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#151413

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCAB9

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

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