#CBC55E#CBC55E

#CBC55E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.126 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC55E
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 53.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -11.44, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 52.88, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0343 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.126 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6166, 53.4386, 18.4466)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC55E #5E64CB

analogous

#CB8E5E #CBC55E #9ACB5E

triadic

#CBC55E #5ECBC5 #C55ECB

tetradic

#CBC55E #5ECB8E #5E64CB #CB5E9A

square

#CBC55E #5ECB8E #5E64CB #CB5E9A

split-complementary

#CBC55E #5E9ACB #8E5ECB

monochromatic

#847F2B #B2AC3A #CBC55E #DAD68C #E9E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CBC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC55E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC55E	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.126 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd68f',
    500: '#cbc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc55e;
$custom-light: #ddd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.697,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80753,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC55E

secondary

#42468B

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC55E

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

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