#CBC351#CBC351

#CBC351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.135 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC351
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -11.39, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 57.91, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0356 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6305, 52.3223, 15.4786)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC351 #5159CB

analogous

#CB8651 #CBC351 #96CB51

triadic

#CBC351 #51CBC3 #C351CB

tetradic

#CBC351 #51CB86 #5159CB #CB5196

square

#CBC351 #51CB86 #5159CB #CB5196

split-complementary

#CBC351 #5196CB #8651CB

monochromatic

#7C7725 #ACA433 #CBC351 #D9D380 #E7E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CBC351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC351

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC351	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded486',
    500: '#cbc351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc351;
$custom-light: #ded486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80188,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC351

secondary

#3C4184

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC351

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

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