#CBC657#CBC657

#CBC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.133 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC657
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -12.49, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 56.46, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.038 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.133 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5444, 53.7742, 16.9426)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC657 #575CCB

analogous

#CB8C57 #CBC657 #96CB57

triadic

#CBC657 #57CBC6 #C657CB

tetradic

#CBC657 #57CB8C #575CCB #CB5796

square

#CBC657 #57CB8C #575CCB #CB5796

split-complementary

#CBC657 #5796CB #8C57CB

monochromatic

#807C28 #AFAA36 #CBC657 #D9D686 #E8E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CBC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC657

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC657	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)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.133 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78a',
    500: '#cbc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc657;
$custom-light: #ddd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80887,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC657

secondary

#3F4288

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC657

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

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