#CBC65B#CBC65B

#CBC65B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.129 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC65B
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -12.18, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 54.67, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0367 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.129 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7124, 53.8414, 17.8273)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC65B #5B60CB

analogous

#CB8E5B #CBC65B #98CB5B

triadic

#CBC65B #5BCBC6 #C65BCB

tetradic

#CBC65B #5BCB8E #5B60CB #CB5B98

square

#CBC65B #5BCB8E #5B60CB #CB5B98

split-complementary

#CBC65B #5B98CB #8E5BCB

monochromatic

#827E29 #B1AB38 #CBC65B #DAD689 #E8E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CBC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC65B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC65B	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.129 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78d',
    500: '#cbc65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc65b;
$custom-light: #ddd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80931,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC65B

secondary

#40448A

accent

#53DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC65B

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

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