#CBC856#CBC856

#CBC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.136 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC856
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -13.57, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 57.72, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0412 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.136 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9640, 54.6783, 16.8824)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC856 #5659CB

analogous

#CB8E56 #CBC856 #93CB56

triadic

#CBC856 #56CBC8 #C856CB

tetradic

#CBC856 #56CB8E #5659CB #CB5693

square

#CBC856 #56CB8E #5659CB #CB5693

split-complementary

#CBC856 #5693CB #8E56CB

monochromatic

#7F7D27 #AEAB36 #CBC856 #D9D785 #E8E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CBC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC856

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC856	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.136 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd88a',
    500: '#cbc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc856;
$custom-light: #ddd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81303,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC856

secondary

#3E4087

accent

#4FDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC856

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

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