#CBC853#CBC853

#CBC853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.138 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC853
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -13.79, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 59.02, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0422 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.138 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8457, 54.6310, 16.2591)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC853 #5356CB

analogous

#CB8C53 #CBC853 #92CB53

triadic

#CBC853 #53CBC8 #C853CB

tetradic

#CBC853 #53CB8C #5356CB #CB5392

square

#CBC853 #53CB8C #5356CB #CB5392

split-complementary

#CBC853 #5392CB #8C53CB

monochromatic

#7E7B26 #ADAA34 #CBC853 #D9D782 #E7E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CBC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC853

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC853	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.138 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded888',
    500: '#cbc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc853;
$custom-light: #ded888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81272,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC853

secondary

#3D3F86

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC853

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

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