#CBD08D

About this color

#CBD08D is a light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 84%, its chroma 0.088 and its hue 112°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Greenish Beige (#C9D179), ΔE 0.025 away. Black text reads best on it, at 12.94:1.

Values

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F5F6EE

   oklch(97% 0.011 112.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EAECD9

   oklch(93.6% 0.025 111.8)

3. Step 200

   200

   #D9DDB8

   oklch(88.5% 0.049 112.4)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #CBD08D

   oklch(83.8% 0.088 111.7)

5. Step 400

   400

   #A4A82E

   oklch(70.6% 0.139 111.4)

6. Step 500

   500

   #8D9100

   oklch(63.2% 0.14 111.7)

7. Step 600

   600

   #767900

   oklch(55.5% 0.122 111.5)

8. Step 700

   700

   #636600

   oklch(49.1% 0.109 111.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #515300

   oklch(42.6% 0.094 111.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #434500

    oklch(37.6% 0.083 111.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #272900

    oklch(27% 0.06 112.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#CBD08D with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

Palettes and gradients that use #CBD08D

These curated palettes and gradients contain exactly #CBD08D. Open one to see the full color scheme around it.

Gradients

• Sunlit Honeylinear-gradient(0deg, #CBD08D, #7F6F2E, #3B2E00)

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

• Greenish Beige #C9D179 ΔE 0.025
• Pale Olive #B9CC81 ΔE 0.031
• Greenish Tan #BCCB7A ΔE 0.033
• Sand #E2CA76 ΔE 0.036
• Pale Olive Green #B1D27B ΔE 0.044
• Light Grey Green #B7E1A1 ΔE 0.046
• Saffron #E9C46A ΔE 0.052
• Pale Oak #DBCFB0 ΔE 0.053