#CBC15B#CBC15B

#CBC15B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC15B
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -9.63, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 52.66, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0294 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5883, 51.5933, 17.4526)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC15B #5B65CB

analogous

#CB895B #CBC15B #9DCB5B

triadic

#CBC15B #5BCBC1 #C15BCB

tetradic

#CBC15B #5BCB89 #5B65CB #CB5B9D

square

#CBC15B #5BCB89 #5B65CB #CB5B9D

split-complementary

#CBC15B #5B9DCB #895BCB

monochromatic

#827A29 #B1A638 #CBC15B #DAD389 #E8E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CBC15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC15B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC15B	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)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd38c',
    500: '#cbc15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc15b;
$custom-light: #ddd38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79872,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC15B

secondary

#40478A

accent

#59DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC15B

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

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