#CBC851#CBC851

#CBC851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.140 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC851
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -13.93, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 59.88, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0428 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.14 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7696, 54.6005, 15.8583)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC851 #5154CB

analogous

#CB8B51 #CBC851 #91CB51

triadic

#CBC851 #51CBC8 #C851CB

tetradic

#CBC851 #51CB8B #5154CB #CB5191

square

#CBC851 #51CB8B #5154CB #CB5191

split-complementary

#CBC851 #5191CB #8B51CB

monochromatic

#7C7A25 #ACA933 #CBC851 #D9D780 #E7E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CBC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC851

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC851	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.140 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded887',
    500: '#cbc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc851;
$custom-light: #ded887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81253,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC851

secondary

#3C3E84

accent

#4EDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC851

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

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