#CBC862#CBC862

#CBC862 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.125 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC862
RGB	rgb(203, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 51.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -12.63, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 52.29, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0372 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.125 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4887, 54.8882, 19.6458)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC862 #6265CB

analogous

#CB9462 #CBC862 #9ACB62

triadic

#CBC862 #62CBC8 #C862CB

tetradic

#CBC862 #62CB94 #6265CB #CB629A

square

#CBC862 #62CB94 #6265CB #CB629A

split-complementary

#CBC862 #629ACB #9462CB

monochromatic

#86842C #B4B13C #CBC862 #DAD890 #E9E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CBC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC862

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC862	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.125 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd891',
    500: '#cbc862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc862;
$custom-light: #ddd891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 50.239,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81438,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC862

secondary

#44468D

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC862

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

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