#CBCA51#CBCA51

#CBCA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA51
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -14.93, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 60.69, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0456 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.142 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2358, 55.5330, 16.0137)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA51 #5152CB

analogous

#CB8D51 #CBCA51 #8FCB51

triadic

#CBCA51 #51CBCA #CA51CB

tetradic

#CBCA51 #51CB8D #5152CB #CB518F

square

#CBCA51 #51CB8D #5152CB #CB518F

split-complementary

#CBCA51 #518FCB #8D51CB

monochromatic

#7C7C25 #ACAB33 #CBCA51 #D9D880 #E7E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CBCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA51

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA51	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded987',
    500: '#cbca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca51;
$custom-light: #ded987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8168,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA51

secondary

#3C3C84

accent

#4CDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA51

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

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