#CBC457#CBC457

#CBC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC457
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -11.47, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 55.66, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0351 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.131 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0903, 52.8660, 16.7913)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC457 #575ECB

analogous

#CB8A57 #CBC457 #98CB57

triadic

#CBC457 #57CBC4 #C457CB

tetradic

#CBC457 #57CB8A #575ECB #CB5798

square

#CBC457 #57CB8A #575ECB #CB5798

split-complementary

#CBC457 #5798CB #8A57CB

monochromatic

#807B28 #AFA736 #CBC457 #D9D486 #E8E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CBC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC457

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC457	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#D3BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd58a',
    500: '#cbc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc457;
$custom-light: #ddd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80462,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC457

secondary

#3F4388

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC457

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

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