#CBCC51#CBCC51

#CBCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.144 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCC51
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -15.93, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 61.50, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0484 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.144 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7081, 56.4776, 16.1711)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC51 #5251CC

analogous

#CC8F51 #CBCC51 #8DCC51

triadic

#CBCC51 #51CBCC #CC51CB

tetradic

#CBCC51 #51CC8F #5251CC #CC518D

square

#CBCC51 #51CC8F #5251CC #CC518D

split-complementary

#CBCC51 #518DCC #8F51CC

monochromatic

#7D7E25 #ACAD33 #CBCC51 #D9DA80 #E7E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CBCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CBCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC51

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC51	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.144 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb87',
    500: '#cbcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc51;
$custom-light: #dedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82109,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC51

secondary

#3C3C86

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC51

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

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