#CBD997#CBD997

#CBD997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.088 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD997
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(73, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(73, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -15.41, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 34.64, 116.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0412 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.088 118)
XYZ	xyz(55.0271, 64.5568, 38.8340)
Luminance	0.6456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD997 #A597D9

analogous

#D9C697 #CBD997 #AAD997

triadic

#CBD997 #97CBD9 #D997CB

tetradic

#CBD997 #97D9C6 #A597D9 #D997AA

square

#CBD997 #97D9C6 #A597D9 #D997AA

split-complementary

#CBD997 #97AAD9 #C697D9

monochromatic

#9CB442 #B5C96A #CBD997 #E1E9C4 #F4F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CBD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#CBD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD997

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD997	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.088 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe4b6',
    500: '#cbd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd997;
$custom-light: #dbe4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.727,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85881,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.64557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD997

secondary

#7464B0

accent

#2CBA4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD997

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

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