#CBC659#CBC659

#CBC659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.131 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC659
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -12.34, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 55.57, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0374 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.131 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6273, 53.8074, 17.3790)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC659 #595ECB

analogous

#CB8D59 #CBC659 #97CB59

triadic

#CBC659 #59CBC6 #C659CB

tetradic

#CBC659 #59CB8D #595ECB #CB5997

square

#CBC659 #59CB8D #595ECB #CB5997

split-complementary

#CBC659 #5997CB #8D59CB

monochromatic

#817D28 #B0AA37 #CBC659 #DAD688 #E8E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CBC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC659

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC659	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.131 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78b',
    500: '#cbc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc659;
$custom-light: #ddd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80909,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC659

secondary

#3F4389

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC659

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

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