#CBC361#CBC361

#CBC361 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.121 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC361
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -10.17, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 50.67, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0303 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.121 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3027, 52.5912, 19.0190)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC361 #6169CB

analogous

#CB8E61 #CBC361 #9ECB61

triadic

#CBC361 #61CBC3 #C361CB

tetradic

#CBC361 #61CB8E #6169CB #CB619E

square

#CBC361 #61CB8E #6169CB #CB619E

split-complementary

#CBC361 #619ECB #8E61CB

monochromatic

#867F2C #B4AB3B #CBC361 #DAD48F #E9E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CBC361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC361

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC361	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.121 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd590',
    500: '#cbc361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc361;
$custom-light: #ddd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80366,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC361

secondary

#43498D

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC361

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

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