#CBC651#CBC651

#CBC651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC651
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -12.92, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 59.08, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0399 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.138 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3094, 53.6802, 15.7049)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC651 #5156CB

analogous

#CB8951 #CBC651 #93CB51

triadic

#CBC651 #51CBC6 #C651CB

tetradic

#CBC651 #51CB89 #5156CB #CB5193

square

#CBC651 #51CB89 #5156CB #CB5193

split-complementary

#CBC651 #5193CB #8951CB

monochromatic

#7C7925 #ACA733 #CBC651 #D9D580 #E7E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CBC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC651

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC651	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded787',
    500: '#cbc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc651;
$custom-light: #ded787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80826,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC651

secondary

#3C3F84

accent

#50DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC651

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

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