#CBC253#CBC253

#CBC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.132 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC253
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -10.74, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 56.65, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0335 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.132 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4833, 51.9062, 15.8050)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC253 #535CCB

analogous

#CB8653 #CBC253 #98CB53

triadic

#CBC253 #53CBC2 #C253CB

tetradic

#CBC253 #53CB86 #535CCB #CB5398

square

#CBC253 #53CB86 #535CCB #CB5398

split-complementary

#CBC253 #5398CB #8653CB

monochromatic

#7E7726 #ADA434 #CBC253 #D9D382 #E7E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CBC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC253

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC253	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)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.132 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded487',
    500: '#cbc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc253;
$custom-light: #ded487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79996,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC253

secondary

#3D4286

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC253

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

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