#CBC460#CBC460

#CBC460 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.123 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC460
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 52.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -10.76, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 51.55, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0321 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.123 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4812, 53.0223, 18.8499)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC460 #6067CB

analogous

#CB8E60 #CBC460 #9CCB60

triadic

#CBC460 #60CBC4 #C460CB

tetradic

#CBC460 #60CB8E #6067CB #CB609C

square

#CBC460 #60CB8E #6067CB #CB609C

split-complementary

#CBC460 #609CCB #8E60CB

monochromatic

#857F2C #B3AB3B #CBC460 #DAD58E #E9E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CBC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC460

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC460	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.123 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd590',
    500: '#cbc460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc460;
$custom-light: #ddd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 50.711,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80565,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC460

secondary

#43488C

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC460

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

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