#CBC661#CBC661

#CBC661 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.124 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC661
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -11.70, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 51.91, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0347 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.124 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9816, 53.9491, 19.2453)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC661 #6166CB

analogous

#CB9161 #CBC661 #9BCB61

triadic

#CBC661 #61CBC6 #C661CB

tetradic

#CBC661 #61CB91 #6166CB #CB619B

square

#CBC661 #61CB91 #6166CB #CB619B

split-complementary

#CBC661 #619BCB #9161CB

monochromatic

#86812C #B4AE3B #CBC661 #DAD78F #E9E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CBC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC661

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC661	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.124 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd791',
    500: '#cbc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc661;
$custom-light: #ddd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81001,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC661

secondary

#43478D

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC661

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

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