#CBD97C#CBD97C

#CBD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.119 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD97C
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(69, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 42.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -18.64, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 47.88, 112.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.052 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.119 116)
XYZ	xyz(53.0800, 63.7780, 28.5790)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD97C #8A7CD9

analogous

#D9B97C #CBD97C #9DD97C

triadic

#CBD97C #7CCBD9 #D97CCB

tetradic

#CBD97C #7CD9B9 #8A7CD9 #D97C9D

square

#CBD97C #7CD9B9 #8A7CD9 #D97C9D

split-complementary

#CBD97C #7C9DD9 #B97CD9

monochromatic

#97A931 #B8CB4D #CBD97C #DEE7AB #F1F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CBD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#CBD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD97C

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD97C	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.119 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce4a3',
    500: '#cbd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd97c;
$custom-light: #dce4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.032,
    "s": 55.03,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85426,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.63777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD97C

secondary

#5B4DAD

accent

#23C33B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD97C

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

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