#CBC559#CBC559

#CBC559 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.130 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC559
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -11.83, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 55.16, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0359 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.13 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.3994, 53.3517, 17.3030)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC559 #595FCB

analogous

#CB8C59 #CBC559 #98CB59

triadic

#CBC559 #59CBC5 #C559CB

tetradic

#CBC559 #59CB8C #595FCB #CB5998

square

#CBC559 #59CB8C #595FCB #CB5998

split-complementary

#CBC559 #5998CB #8C59CB

monochromatic

#817C28 #B0A937 #CBC559 #DAD588 #E8E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CBC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC559

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC559	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.130 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd68b',
    500: '#cbc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc559;
$custom-light: #ddd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80696,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.5335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC559

secondary

#3F4389

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC559

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

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