#CBCA57#CBCA57

#CBCA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.137 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA57
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -14.51, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 58.10, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0438 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.137 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4708, 55.6270, 17.2514)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA57 #5758CB

analogous

#CB9057 #CBCA57 #92CB57

triadic

#CBCA57 #57CBCA #CA57CB

tetradic

#CBCA57 #57CB90 #5758CB #CB5792

square

#CBCA57 #57CB90 #5758CB #CB5792

split-complementary

#CBCA57 #5792CB #9057CB

monochromatic

#807F28 #AFAE36 #CBCA57 #D9D986 #E8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CBCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA57

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA57	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98a',
    500: '#cbca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca57;
$custom-light: #ddd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81741,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA57

secondary

#3F3F88

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA57

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

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