#CBC551#CBC551

#CBC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC551
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -12.41, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 58.69, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0385 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.137 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0816, 53.2246, 15.6290)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC551 #5157CB

analogous

#CB8851 #CBC551 #94CB51

triadic

#CBC551 #51CBC5 #C551CB

tetradic

#CBC551 #51CB88 #5157CB #CB5194

square

#CBC551 #51CB88 #5157CB #CB5194

split-complementary

#CBC551 #5194CB #8851CB

monochromatic

#7C7825 #ACA633 #CBC551 #D9D580 #E7E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CBC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC551

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC551	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded686',
    500: '#cbc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc551;
$custom-light: #ded686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80613,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC551

secondary

#3C3F84

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC551

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

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