#CBC956#CBC956

#CBC956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.137 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC956
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -14.08, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 58.13, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0426 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.137 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1964, 55.1430, 16.9598)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC956 #5658CB

analogous

#CB8F56 #CBC956 #93CB56

triadic

#CBC956 #56CBC9 #C956CB

tetradic

#CBC956 #56CB8F #5658CB #CB5693

square

#CBC956 #56CB8F #5658CB #CB5693

split-complementary

#CBC956 #5693CB #8F56CB

monochromatic

#7F7E27 #AEAC36 #CBC956 #D9D885 #E8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CBC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC956

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC956	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98a',
    500: '#cbc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc956;
$custom-light: #ddd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81516,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC956

secondary

#3E3F87

accent

#4EDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC956

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

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