#CBD799#CBD799

#CBD799 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.083 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD799
RGB	rgb(203, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(72, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(72, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 28.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -14.14, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 32.55, 115.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0376 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.083 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6786, 63.5976, 39.5259)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD799 #A599D7

analogous

#D7C499 #CBD799 #ACD799

triadic

#CBD799 #99CBD7 #D799CB

tetradic

#CBD799 #99D7C4 #A599D7 #D799AC

square

#CBD799 #99D7C4 #A599D7 #D799AC

split-complementary

#CBD799 #99ACD7 #C499D7

monochromatic

#9CB045 #B5C66D #CBD799 #E1E8C5 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CBD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#CBD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD799

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD799	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.083 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe3b7',
    500: '#cbd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd799;
$custom-light: #dbe3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.613,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85495,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD799

secondary

#7466AE

accent

#2FB749

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD799

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

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