#CBC759#CBC759

#CBC759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.132 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC759
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -12.84, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 55.98, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0388 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.132 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8566, 54.2660, 17.4554)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC759 #595DCB

analogous

#CB8E59 #CBC759 #96CB59

triadic

#CBC759 #59CBC7 #C759CB

tetradic

#CBC759 #59CB8E #595DCB #CB5996

square

#CBC759 #59CB8E #595DCB #CB5996

split-complementary

#CBC759 #5996CB #8E59CB

monochromatic

#817E28 #B0AC37 #CBC759 #DAD788 #E8E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CBC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CBC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC759

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC759	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.132 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd78c',
    500: '#cbc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc759;
$custom-light: #ddd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81122,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC759

secondary

#3F4289

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC759

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

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