#CBC256#CBC256

#CBC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.130 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC256
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -10.53, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 55.32, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0325 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.13 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6016, 51.9535, 16.4282)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC256 #565FCB

analogous

#CB8856 #CBC256 #9ACB56

triadic

#CBC256 #56CBC2 #C256CB

tetradic

#CBC256 #56CB88 #565FCB #CB569A

square

#CBC256 #56CB88 #565FCB #CB569A

split-complementary

#CBC256 #569ACB #8856CB

monochromatic

#7F7927 #AEA536 #CBC256 #D9D385 #E8E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CBC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC256

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC256	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.130 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd489',
    500: '#cbc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc256;
$custom-light: #ddd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80027,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC256

secondary

#3E4487

accent

#57DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC256

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

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