#CBC059#CBC059

#CBC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.125 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC059
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -9.28, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 53.18, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0286 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.125 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2829, 51.1186, 16.9308)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC059 #5964CB

analogous

#CB8759 #CBC059 #9DCB59

triadic

#CBC059 #59CBC0 #C059CB

tetradic

#CBC059 #59CB87 #5964CB #CB599D

square

#CBC059 #59CB87 #5964CB #CB599D

split-complementary

#CBC059 #599DCB #8759CB

monochromatic

#817928 #B0A437 #CBC059 #DAD288 #E8E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#CBC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC059

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC059	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)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.125 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd28b',
    500: '#cbc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc059;
$custom-light: #ddd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79638,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC059

secondary

#3F4789

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC059

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

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