#CBC157#CBC157

#CBC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.128 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC157
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -9.94, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 54.48, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0308 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.128 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4204, 51.5261, 16.5680)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC157 #5761CB

analogous

#CB8757 #CBC157 #9BCB57

triadic

#CBC157 #57CBC1 #C157CB

tetradic

#CBC157 #57CB87 #5761CB #CB579B

square

#CBC157 #57CB87 #5761CB #CB579B

split-complementary

#CBC157 #579BCB #8757CB

monochromatic

#807828 #AFA436 #CBC157 #D9D286 #E8E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CBC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC157

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC157	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.128 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd38a',
    500: '#cbc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc157;
$custom-light: #ddd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79827,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC157

secondary

#3F4588

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC157

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

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