#CBC859#CBC859

#CBC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.133 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC859
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -13.35, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 56.39, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0403 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.133 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0874, 54.7277, 17.5323)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC859 #595CCB

analogous

#CB8F59 #CBC859 #95CB59

triadic

#CBC859 #59CBC8 #C859CB

tetradic

#CBC859 #59CB8F #595CCB #CB5995

square

#CBC859 #59CB8F #595CCB #CB5995

split-complementary

#CBC859 #5995CB #8F59CB

monochromatic

#817F28 #B0AD37 #CBC859 #DAD788 #E8E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CBC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CBC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC859

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC859	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.133 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd88c',
    500: '#cbc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc859;
$custom-light: #ddd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81335,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC859

secondary

#3F4189

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC859

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

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