#CBC261#CBC261

#CBC261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.120 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC261
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -9.66, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 50.26, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0288 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.12 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.0794, 52.1446, 18.9446)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC261 #616ACB

analogous

#CB8D61 #CBC261 #9FCB61

triadic

#CBC261 #61CBC2 #C261CB

tetradic

#CBC261 #61CB8D #616ACB #CB619F

square

#CBC261 #61CB8D #616ACB #CB619F

split-complementary

#CBC261 #619FCB #8D61CB

monochromatic

#867E2C #B4A93B #CBC261 #DAD48F #E9E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CBC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC261

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC261	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.120 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd490',
    500: '#cbc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc261;
$custom-light: #ddd490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80155,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC261

secondary

#434A8D

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC261

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

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