#CBC656#CBC656

#CBC656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.134 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC656
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -12.56, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 56.91, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0383 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.134 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5038, 53.7580, 16.7290)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC656 #565BCB

analogous

#CB8C56 #CBC656 #96CB56

triadic

#CBC656 #56CBC6 #C656CB

tetradic

#CBC656 #56CB8C #565BCB #CB5696

square

#CBC656 #56CB8C #565BCB #CB5696

split-complementary

#CBC656 #5696CB #8C56CB

monochromatic

#7F7C27 #AEA936 #CBC656 #D9D685 #E8E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CBC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC656

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC656	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.134 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78a',
    500: '#cbc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc656;
$custom-light: #ddd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80877,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC656

secondary

#3E4187

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC656

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

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