#CBCB57#CBCB57

#CBCB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB57
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -15.01, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 58.52, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0452 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.138 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7062, 56.0978, 17.3299)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB57 #5757CB

analogous

#CB9157 #CBCB57 #91CB57

triadic

#CBCB57 #57CBCB #CB57CB

tetradic

#CBCB57 #57CB91 #5757CB #CB5791

square

#CBCB57 #57CB91 #5757CB #CB5791

split-complementary

#CBCB57 #5791CB #9157CB

monochromatic

#808028 #AFAF36 #CBCB57 #D9D986 #E8E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBCB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CBCB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB57

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB57	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)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda8b',
    500: '#cbcb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb57;
$custom-light: #ddda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81955,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB57

secondary

#3F3F88

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB57

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

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