#CBC957#CBC957

#CBC957 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC957
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -14.00, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 57.69, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0423 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.136 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2369, 55.1592, 17.1735)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC957 #5759CB

analogous

#CB8F57 #CBC957 #93CB57

triadic

#CBC957 #57CBC9 #C957CB

tetradic

#CBC957 #57CB8F #5759CB #CB5793

square

#CBC957 #57CB8F #5759CB #CB5793

split-complementary

#CBC957 #5793CB #8F57CB

monochromatic

#807E28 #AFAD36 #CBC957 #D9D886 #E8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CBC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC957

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC957	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)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98a',
    500: '#cbc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc957;
$custom-light: #ddd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81527,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC957

secondary

#3F4088

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC957

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

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