#CBC258#CBC258

#CBC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC258
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -10.38, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 54.42, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0319 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.128 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6833, 51.9862, 16.8586)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC258 #5861CB

analogous

#CB8858 #CBC258 #9BCB58

triadic

#CBC258 #58CBC2 #C258CB

tetradic

#CBC258 #58CB88 #5861CB #CB589B

square

#CBC258 #58CB88 #5861CB #CB589B

split-complementary

#CBC258 #589BCB #8858CB

monochromatic

#817A28 #AFA637 #CBC258 #DAD387 #E8E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CBC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC258

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC258	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd48b',
    500: '#cbc258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc258;
$custom-light: #ddd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 52.511,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80049,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC258

secondary

#3F4588

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC258

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

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