#CBC159#CBC159

#CBC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.126 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC159
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -9.79, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 53.57, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0301 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.126 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5032, 51.5593, 17.0043)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC159 #5963CB

analogous

#CB8859 #CBC159 #9CCB59

triadic

#CBC159 #59CBC1 #C159CB

tetradic

#CBC159 #59CB88 #5963CB #CB599C

square

#CBC159 #59CB88 #5963CB #CB599C

split-complementary

#CBC159 #599CCB #8859CB

monochromatic

#817928 #B0A537 #CBC159 #DAD288 #E8E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CBC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC159

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC159	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)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.126 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd38b',
    500: '#cbc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc159;
$custom-light: #ddd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79849,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC159

secondary

#3F4689

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC159

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

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