#CBCB59#CBCB59

#CBCB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.136 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCB59
RGB	rgb(203, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -14.86, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 57.64, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0446 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.136 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7890, 56.1309, 17.7662)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCB59 #5959CB

analogous

#CB9259 #CBCB59 #92CB59

triadic

#CBCB59 #59CBCB #CB59CB

tetradic

#CBCB59 #59CB92 #5959CB #CB5992

square

#CBCB59 #59CB92 #5959CB #CB5992

split-complementary

#CBCB59 #5992CB #9259CB

monochromatic

#818128 #B0B037 #CBCB59 #DADA88 #E8E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CBCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CBCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCB59

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCB59	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.136 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddda8c',
    500: '#cbcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcb59;
$custom-light: #ddda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81976,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCB59

secondary

#3F3F89

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCB59

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

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