#CBC156#CBC156

#CBC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC156
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -10.01, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 54.93, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0311 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.3798, 51.5099, 16.3543)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC156 #5660CB

analogous

#CB8756 #CBC156 #9BCB56

triadic

#CBC156 #56CBC1 #C156CB

tetradic

#CBC156 #56CB87 #5660CB #CB569B

square

#CBC156 #56CB87 #5660CB #CB569B

split-complementary

#CBC156 #569BCB #8756CB

monochromatic

#7F7827 #AEA436 #CBC156 #D9D285 #E8E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CBC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC156

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC156	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd389',
    500: '#cbc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc156;
$custom-light: #ddd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79816,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.51508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC156

secondary

#3E4487

accent

#58DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC156

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

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