#CBC15A#CBC15A

#CBC15A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC15A
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 55.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -9.71, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 53.11, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0298 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5455, 51.5762, 17.2269)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC15A #5A64CB

analogous

#CB885A #CBC15A #9DCB5A

triadic

#CBC15A #5ACBC1 #C15ACB

tetradic

#CBC15A #5ACB88 #5A64CB #CB5A9D

square

#CBC15A #5ACB88 #5A64CB #CB5A9D

split-complementary

#CBC15A #5A9DCB #885ACB

monochromatic

#827A29 #B0A638 #CBC15A #DAD289 #E8E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CBC15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC15A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC15A	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd38c',
    500: '#cbc15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc15a;
$custom-light: #ddd38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7986,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC15A

secondary

#404689

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC15A

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

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