#CBC359#CBC359

#CBC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.128 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC359
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -10.81, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 54.36, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.033 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.128 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9483, 52.4495, 17.1526)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC359 #5961CB

analogous

#CB8A59 #CBC359 #9ACB59

triadic

#CBC359 #59CBC3 #C359CB

tetradic

#CBC359 #59CB8A #5961CB #CB599A

square

#CBC359 #59CB8A #5961CB #CB599A

split-complementary

#CBC359 #599ACB #8A59CB

monochromatic

#817B28 #B0A737 #CBC359 #DAD488 #E8E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CBC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC359

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC359	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.128 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd48b',
    500: '#cbc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc359;
$custom-light: #ddd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80272,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC359

secondary

#3F4589

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC359

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

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