#CBCD97#CBCD97

#CBCD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.071 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCD97
RGB	rgb(203, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(62, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(62, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -9.34, 26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 28.33, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.024 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.071 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0458, 58.5942, 37.8402)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCD97 #9997CD

analogous

#CDB497 #CBCD97 #B0CD97

triadic

#CBCD97 #97CBCD #CD97CB

tetradic

#CBCD97 #97CDB4 #9997CD #CD97B0

square

#CBCD97 #97CDB4 #9997CD #CD97B0

split-complementary

#CBCD97 #97B0CD #B497CD

monochromatic

#9B9E4C #B6B96E #CBCD97 #E0E1C0 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CBCD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CBCD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCD97

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCD97	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.071 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdcb6',
    500: '#cbcd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcd97;
$custom-light: #dbdcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83348,
    "c": 0.07146,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCD97

secondary

#6866A2

accent

#38AE3C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCD97

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

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