#CBC151#CBC151

#CBC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.133 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC151
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -10.37, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 57.14, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0327 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.133 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1853, 51.4321, 15.3302)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC151 #515BCB

analogous

#CB8451 #CBC151 #98CB51

triadic

#CBC151 #51CBC1 #C151CB

tetradic

#CBC151 #51CB84 #515BCB #CB5198

square

#CBC151 #51CB84 #515BCB #CB5198

split-complementary

#CBC151 #5198CB #8451CB

monochromatic

#7C7525 #ACA233 #CBC151 #D9D280 #E7E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CBC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC151

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC151	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.133 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded386',
    500: '#cbc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc151;
$custom-light: #ded386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79763,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC151

secondary

#3C4284

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC151

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

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