#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
RGBrgb(203, 200, 89)
HSLhsl(58, 52%, 57%)
HSVhsv(58, 56%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.5%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(78.88, -13.35, 54.79)
CIE-LCHlch(78.88, 56.39, 103.70°)
OKLaboklab(81.34% -0.0403 0.127)
OKLCHoklch(81.34% 0.133 107.6)
XYZxyz(47.0874, 54.7277, 17.5323)
Luminance0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##CBC8591.001.7611.9511.95
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9521.001.001.00
##00000011.9521.001.001.00

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

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#CBC859 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva