#CBD981#CBD981

#CBD981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.113 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD981
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(70, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 40.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -18.09, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 45.47, 113.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.05 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.113 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4042, 63.9077, 30.2867)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD981 #8F81D9

analogous

#D9BB81 #CBD981 #9FD981

triadic

#CBD981 #81CBD9 #D981CB

tetradic

#CBD981 #81D9BB #8F81D9 #D9819F

square

#CBD981 #81D9BB #8F81D9 #D9819F

split-complementary

#CBD981 #819FD9 #BB81D9

monochromatic

#99AC34 #B8CB52 #CBD981 #DEE7B0 #F2F5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CBD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#CBD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD981

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD981	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.113 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce4a7',
    500: '#cbd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd981;
$custom-light: #dce4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85502,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD981

secondary

#5F4FAF

accent

#24C13D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD981

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

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