#CBC456#CBC456

#CBC456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.132 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC456
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -11.55, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 56.11, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0354 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.132 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0497, 52.8497, 16.5776)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC456 #565DCB

analogous

#CB8A56 #CBC456 #98CB56

triadic

#CBC456 #56CBC4 #C456CB

tetradic

#CBC456 #56CB8A #565DCB #CB5698

square

#CBC456 #56CB8A #565DCB #CB5698

split-complementary

#CBC456 #5698CB #8A56CB

monochromatic

#7F7A27 #AEA736 #CBC456 #D9D485 #E8E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CBC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC456

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC456	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.132 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd589',
    500: '#cbc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc456;
$custom-light: #ddd589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80451,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC456

secondary

#3E4287

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC456

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

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