#CBD596#CBD596

#CBD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.083 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD596
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(70, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -13.53, 30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 32.99, 114.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.036 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.083 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9277, 62.4874, 38.0686)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD596 #A096D5

analogous

#D5BF96 #CBD596 #ABD596

triadic

#CBD596 #96CBD5 #D596CB

tetradic

#CBD596 #96D5BF #A096D5 #D596AB

square

#CBD596 #96D5BF #A096D5 #D596AB

split-complementary

#CBD596 #96ABD5 #BF96D5

monochromatic

#9BAC45 #B5C46A #CBD596 #E1E6C2 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CBD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#CBD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD596

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD596	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.083 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe1b5',
    500: '#cbd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd596;
$custom-light: #dbe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85014,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD596

secondary

#6F64AB

accent

#30B645

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD596

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

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