#CBCA61#CBCA61

#CBCA61 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.128 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCA61
RGB	rgb(203, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -13.72, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 53.61, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0405 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.128 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9080, 55.8019, 19.5541)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCA61 #6162CB

analogous

#CB9561 #CBCA61 #97CB61

triadic

#CBCA61 #61CBCA #CA61CB

tetradic

#CBCA61 #61CB95 #6162CB #CB6197

square

#CBCA61 #61CB95 #6162CB #CB6197

split-complementary

#CBCA61 #6197CB #9561CB

monochromatic

#86852C #B4B33B #CBCA61 #DAD98F #E9E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CBCA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CBCA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCA61

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCA61	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.128 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda91',
    500: '#cbca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbca61;
$custom-light: #ddda91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81852,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCA61

secondary

#43448D

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCA61

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

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