#CBC357#CBC357

#CBC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.130 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC357
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -10.96, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 55.26, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0337 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.13 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.8655, 52.4164, 16.7163)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC357 #575FCB

analogous

#CB8957 #CBC357 #99CB57

triadic

#CBC357 #57CBC3 #C357CB

tetradic

#CBC357 #57CB89 #575FCB #CB5799

square

#CBC357 #57CB89 #575FCB #CB5799

split-complementary

#CBC357 #5799CB #8957CB

monochromatic

#807A28 #AFA636 #CBC357 #D9D486 #E8E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CBC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC357

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC357	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)

#D2BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.130 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd48a',
    500: '#cbc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc357;
$custom-light: #ddd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8025,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.52415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC357

secondary

#3F4488

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC357

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

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