#CBC257#CBC257

#CBC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.129 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC257
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -10.45, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 54.87, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0322 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.129 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6422, 51.9697, 16.6419)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC257 #5760CB

analogous

#CB8857 #CBC257 #9ACB57

triadic

#CBC257 #57CBC2 #C257CB

tetradic

#CBC257 #57CB88 #5760CB #CB579A

square

#CBC257 #57CB88 #5760CB #CB579A

split-complementary

#CBC257 #579ACB #8857CB

monochromatic

#807928 #AFA536 #CBC257 #D9D386 #E8E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CBC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC257

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC257	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)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.129 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd48a',
    500: '#cbc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc257;
$custom-light: #ddd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80038,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC257

secondary

#3F4488

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC257

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

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