#CBC252#CBC252

#CBC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC252
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -10.81, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 57.09, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0338 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4449, 51.8908, 15.6031)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC252 #525BCB

analogous

#CB8552 #CBC252 #97CB52

triadic

#CBC252 #52CBC2 #C252CB

tetradic

#CBC252 #52CB85 #525BCB #CB5297

square

#CBC252 #52CB85 #525BCB #CB5297

split-complementary

#CBC252 #5297CB #8552CB

monochromatic

#7D7726 #ACA334 #CBC252 #D9D381 #E7E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CBC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC252

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC252	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded487',
    500: '#cbc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc252;
$custom-light: #ded487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79985,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC252

secondary

#3C4285

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC252

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

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