#CBC053#CBC053

#CBC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.130 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC053
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -9.72, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 55.88, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0306 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.13 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0411, 51.0219, 15.6576)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC053 #535ECB

analogous

#CB8453 #CBC053 #9ACB53

triadic

#CBC053 #53CBC0 #C053CB

tetradic

#CBC053 #53CB84 #535ECB #CB539A

square

#CBC053 #53CB84 #535ECB #CB539A

split-complementary

#CBC053 #539ACB #8453CB

monochromatic

#7E7626 #ADA234 #CBC053 #D9D182 #E7E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CBC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC053

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC053	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.130 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded287',
    500: '#cbc053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc053;
$custom-light: #ded287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79572,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC053

secondary

#3D4386

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC053

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

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