#CBC251#CBC251

#CBC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.134 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC251
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -10.88, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 57.53, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0341 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.134 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4072, 51.8757, 15.4041)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC251 #515ACB

analogous

#CB8551 #CBC251 #97CB51

triadic

#CBC251 #51CBC2 #C251CB

tetradic

#CBC251 #51CB85 #515ACB #CB5197

square

#CBC251 #51CB85 #515ACB #CB5197

split-complementary

#CBC251 #5197CB #8551CB

monochromatic

#7C7625 #ACA333 #CBC251 #D9D380 #E7E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CBC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC251

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC251	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)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.134 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded486',
    500: '#cbc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc251;
$custom-light: #ded486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79975,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC251

secondary

#3C4184

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC251

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

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