#CBC057#CBC057

#CBC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.127 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC057
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -9.43, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 54.09, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0293 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.127 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2001, 51.0855, 16.4945)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC057 #5762CB

analogous

#CB8657 #CBC057 #9CCB57

triadic

#CBC057 #57CBC0 #C057CB

tetradic

#CBC057 #57CB86 #5762CB #CB579C

square

#CBC057 #57CB86 #5762CB #CB579C

split-complementary

#CBC057 #579CCB #8657CB

monochromatic

#807828 #AFA336 #CBC057 #D9D286 #E8E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#CBC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC057

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC057	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.127 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd28a',
    500: '#cbc057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc057;
$custom-light: #ddd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79615,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC057

secondary

#3F4588

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC057

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

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