#CBC259#CBC259

#CBC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.127 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC259
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -10.30, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 53.97, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0316 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.127 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7250, 52.0029, 17.0782)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC259 #5962CB

analogous

#CB8959 #CBC259 #9BCB59

triadic

#CBC259 #59CBC2 #C259CB

tetradic

#CBC259 #59CB89 #5962CB #CB599B

square

#CBC259 #59CB89 #5962CB #CB599B

split-complementary

#CBC259 #599BCB #8959CB

monochromatic

#817A28 #B0A637 #CBC259 #DAD388 #E8E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CBC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC259

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC259	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)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.127 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd48b',
    500: '#cbc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc259;
$custom-light: #ddd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8006,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC259

secondary

#3F4589

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC259

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

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