#CBCA56#CBCA56

#CBCA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.138 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA56
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -14.58, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 58.54, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0441 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.138 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4302, 55.6108, 17.0378)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA56 #5657CB

analogous

#CB9056 #CBCA56 #92CB56

triadic

#CBCA56 #56CBCA #CA56CB

tetradic

#CBCA56 #56CB90 #5657CB #CB5692

square

#CBCA56 #56CB90 #5657CB #CB5692

split-complementary

#CBCA56 #5692CB #9056CB

monochromatic

#7F7F27 #AEAD36 #CBCA56 #D9D985 #E8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CBCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA56

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA56	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.138 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98a',
    500: '#cbca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca56;
$custom-light: #ddd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8173,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA56

secondary

#3E3F87

accent

#4DDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA56

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

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