#CBC459#CBC459

#CBC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.129 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC459
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -11.32, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 54.76, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0345 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.129 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1731, 52.8991, 17.2276)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC459 #5960CB

analogous

#CB8B59 #CBC459 #99CB59

triadic

#CBC459 #59CBC4 #C459CB

tetradic

#CBC459 #59CB8B #5960CB #CB5999

square

#CBC459 #59CB8B #5960CB #CB5999

split-complementary

#CBC459 #5999CB #8B59CB

monochromatic

#817C28 #B0A837 #CBC459 #DAD588 #E8E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CBC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC459

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC459	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.129 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd58b',
    500: '#cbc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc459;
$custom-light: #ddd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80484,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC459

secondary

#3F4489

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC459

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

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