#CBC451#CBC451

#CBC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC451
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -11.90, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 58.30, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.037 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.136 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8553, 52.7720, 15.5535)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC451 #5158CB

analogous

#CB8751 #CBC451 #95CB51

triadic

#CBC451 #51CBC4 #C451CB

tetradic

#CBC451 #51CB87 #5158CB #CB5195

square

#CBC451 #51CB87 #5158CB #CB5195

split-complementary

#CBC451 #5195CB #8751CB

monochromatic

#7C7725 #ACA533 #CBC451 #D9D480 #E7E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CBC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC451

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC451	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded586',
    500: '#cbc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc451;
$custom-light: #ded586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.804,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC451

secondary

#3C4084

accent

#53DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC451

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

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