#CBC953#CBC953

#CBC953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC953
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -14.29, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 59.43, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0436 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0780, 55.0957, 16.3365)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC953 #5355CB

analogous

#CB8D53 #CBC953 #91CB53

triadic

#CBC953 #53CBC9 #C953CB

tetradic

#CBC953 #53CB8D #5355CB #CB5391

square

#CBC953 #53CB8D #5355CB #CB5391

split-complementary

#CBC953 #5391CB #8D53CB

monochromatic

#7E7C26 #ADAB34 #CBC953 #D9D882 #E7E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CBC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC953

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC953	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded988',
    500: '#cbc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc953;
$custom-light: #ded988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81486,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC953

secondary

#3D3E86

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC953

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

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