#CBC557#CBC557

#CBC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.132 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC557
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -11.98, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 56.06, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0366 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.132 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3166, 53.3186, 16.8667)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC557 #575DCB

analogous

#CB8B57 #CBC557 #97CB57

triadic

#CBC557 #57CBC5 #C557CB

tetradic

#CBC557 #57CB8B #575DCB #CB5797

square

#CBC557 #57CB8B #575DCB #CB5797

split-complementary

#CBC557 #5797CB #8B57CB

monochromatic

#807B28 #AFA836 #CBC557 #D9D586 #E8E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CBC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC557

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC557	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.132 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd68a',
    500: '#cbc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc557;
$custom-light: #ddd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80675,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC557

secondary

#3F4288

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC557

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

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