#CBCA59#CBCA59

#CBCA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.135 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA59
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -14.36, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 57.22, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0431 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.135 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5536, 55.6601, 17.6877)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA59 #595ACB

analogous

#CB9159 #CBCA59 #93CB59

triadic

#CBCA59 #59CBCA #CA59CB

tetradic

#CBCA59 #59CB91 #595ACB #CB5993

square

#CBCA59 #59CB91 #595ACB #CB5993

split-complementary

#CBCA59 #5993CB #9159CB

monochromatic

#818028 #B0AF37 #CBCA59 #DAD988 #E8E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CBCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA59

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA59	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)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.135 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd98c',
    500: '#cbca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca59;
$custom-light: #ddd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81762,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA59

secondary

#3F4089

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA59

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

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