#CBC951#CBC951

#CBC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC951
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -14.43, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 60.28, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0442 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.141 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0019, 55.0652, 15.9357)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC951 #5153CB

analogous

#CB8C51 #CBC951 #90CB51

triadic

#CBC951 #51CBC9 #C951CB

tetradic

#CBC951 #51CB8C #5153CB #CB5190

square

#CBC951 #51CB8C #5153CB #CB5190

split-complementary

#CBC951 #5190CB #8C51CB

monochromatic

#7C7B25 #ACAA33 #CBC951 #D9D880 #E7E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CBC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC951

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC951	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded987',
    500: '#cbc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc951;
$custom-light: #ded987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81466,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC951

secondary

#3C3D84

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC951

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

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