#CBC65E#CBC65E

#CBC65E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.127 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC65E
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 53.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -11.95, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 53.30, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0357 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.127 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8444, 53.8942, 18.5225)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC65E #5E63CB

analogous

#CB8F5E #CBC65E #99CB5E

triadic

#CBC65E #5ECBC6 #C65ECB

tetradic

#CBC65E #5ECB8F #5E63CB #CB5E99

square

#CBC65E #5ECB8F #5E63CB #CB5E99

split-complementary

#CBC65E #5E99CB #8F5ECB

monochromatic

#84802B #B2AD3A #CBC65E #DAD68C #E9E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CBC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC65E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC65E	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.127 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78f',
    500: '#cbc65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc65e;
$custom-light: #ddd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80966,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC65E

secondary

#42458B

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC65E

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

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