#CBC561#CBC561

#CBC561 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC561
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -11.19, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 51.49, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0332 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.123 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7538, 53.4935, 19.1694)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC561 #6167CB

analogous

#CB9061 #CBC561 #9CCB61

triadic

#CBC561 #61CBC5 #C561CB

tetradic

#CBC561 #61CB90 #6167CB #CB619C

square

#CBC561 #61CB90 #6167CB #CB619C

split-complementary

#CBC561 #619CCB #9061CB

monochromatic

#86812C #B4AD3B #CBC561 #DAD68F #E9E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CBC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC561

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC561	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd691',
    500: '#cbc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc561;
$custom-light: #ddd691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80789,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC561

secondary

#43478D

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC561

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

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