#CBCC59#CBCC59

#CBCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.137 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCC59
RGB	rgb(203, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -15.36, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 58.06, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.046 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.137 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0259, 56.6047, 17.8452)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCC59 #5A59CC

analogous

#CC9459 #CBCC59 #91CC59

triadic

#CBCC59 #59CBCC #CC59CB

tetradic

#CBCC59 #59CC94 #5A59CC #CC5991

square

#CBCC59 #59CC94 #5A59CC #CC5991

split-complementary

#CBCC59 #5991CC #9459CC

monochromatic

#828328 #B0B136 #CBCC59 #DADA88 #E8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CBCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CBCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCC59

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCC59	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.137 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb8c',
    500: '#cbcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcc59;
$custom-light: #dddb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8219,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCC59

secondary

#403F8A

accent

#4BDC4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCC59

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

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