#CBC250#CBC250

#CBC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.135 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC250
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -10.95, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 57.96, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0344 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.135 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3699, 51.8608, 15.2081)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC250 #5059CB

analogous

#CB8450 #CBC250 #96CB50

triadic

#CBC250 #50CBC2 #C250CB

tetradic

#CBC250 #50CB84 #5059CB #CB5096

square

#CBC250 #50CB84 #5059CB #CB5096

split-complementary

#CBC250 #5096CB #8450CB

monochromatic

#7C7525 #ABA233 #CBC250 #D9D27F #E7E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CBC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC250

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC250	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.135 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded486',
    500: '#cbc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc250;
$custom-light: #ded486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79965,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC250

secondary

#3B4184

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC250

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

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