#CBC356#CBC356

#CBC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC356
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -11.04, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 55.71, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.034 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8249, 52.4001, 16.5027)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC356 #565ECB

analogous

#CB8956 #CBC356 #99CB56

triadic

#CBC356 #56CBC3 #C356CB

tetradic

#CBC356 #56CB89 #565ECB #CB5699

square

#CBC356 #56CB89 #565ECB #CB5699

split-complementary

#CBC356 #5699CB #8956CB

monochromatic

#7F7927 #AEA636 #CBC356 #D9D485 #E8E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CBC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC356

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC356	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd489',
    500: '#cbc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc356;
$custom-light: #ddd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80239,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC356

secondary

#3E4387

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC356

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

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