#CBC959#CBC959

#CBC959 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.134 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC959
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -13.86, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 56.80, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0417 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.134 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3198, 55.1924, 17.6098)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC959 #595BCB

analogous

#CB9059 #CBC959 #94CB59

triadic

#CBC959 #59CBC9 #C959CB

tetradic

#CBC959 #59CB90 #595BCB #CB5994

square

#CBC959 #59CB90 #595BCB #CB5994

split-complementary

#CBC959 #5994CB #9059CB

monochromatic

#818028 #B0AE37 #CBC959 #DAD888 #E8E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CBC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC959

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC959	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.134 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98c',
    500: '#cbc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc959;
$custom-light: #ddd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81548,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC959

secondary

#3F4189

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC959

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

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