#CBC857#CBC857

#CBC857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC857
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -13.50, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 57.28, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0409 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.135 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0046, 54.6945, 17.0960)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC857 #575ACB

analogous

#CB8E57 #CBC857 #94CB57

triadic

#CBC857 #57CBC8 #C857CB

tetradic

#CBC857 #57CB8E #575ACB #CB5794

square

#CBC857 #57CB8E #575ACB #CB5794

split-complementary

#CBC857 #5794CB #8E57CB

monochromatic

#807E28 #AFAC36 #CBC857 #D9D786 #E8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CBC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC857

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC857	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd88a',
    500: '#cbc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc857;
$custom-light: #ddd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81313,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC857

secondary

#3F4088

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC857

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

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