#CBC254#CBC254

#CBC254 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC254
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -10.67, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 56.21, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0332 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5221, 51.9217, 16.0098)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC254 #545DCB

analogous

#CB8754 #CBC254 #99CB54

triadic

#CBC254 #54CBC2 #C254CB

tetradic

#CBC254 #54CB87 #545DCB #CB5499

square

#CBC254 #54CB87 #545DCB #CB5499

split-complementary

#CBC254 #5499CB #8754CB

monochromatic

#7E7826 #ADA435 #CBC254 #D9D383 #E8E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CBC254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC254

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC254	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#D1BC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd488',
    500: '#cbc254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc254;
$custom-light: #ddd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 53.363,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80006,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC254

secondary

#3D4386

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC254

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

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