#CBCB56#CBCB56

#CBCB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.139 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB56
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -15.08, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 58.95, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0455 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.139 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6656, 56.0815, 17.1162)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB56 #5656CB

analogous

#CB9156 #CBCB56 #91CB56

triadic

#CBCB56 #56CBCB #CB56CB

tetradic

#CBCB56 #56CB91 #5656CB #CB5691

square

#CBCB56 #56CB91 #5656CB #CB5691

split-complementary

#CBCB56 #5691CB #9156CB

monochromatic

#7F7F27 #AEAE36 #CBCB56 #D9D985 #E8E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CBCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB56

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB56	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.139 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda8a',
    500: '#cbcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb56;
$custom-light: #ddda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81944,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB56

secondary

#3E3E87

accent

#4BDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB56

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

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