#CBC461#CBC461

#CBC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.122 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC461
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -10.68, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 51.08, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0318 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.122 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5275, 53.0408, 19.0939)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC461 #6168CB

analogous

#CB8F61 #CBC461 #9DCB61

triadic

#CBC461 #61CBC4 #C461CB

tetradic

#CBC461 #61CB8F #6168CB #CB619D

square

#CBC461 #61CB8F #6168CB #CB619D

split-complementary

#CBC461 #619DCB #8F61CB

monochromatic

#86802C #B4AC3B #CBC461 #DAD58F #E9E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CBC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC461

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC461	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.122 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd591',
    500: '#cbc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc461;
$custom-light: #ddd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80578,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC461

secondary

#43488D

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC461

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

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