#CBCD51#CBCD51

#CBCD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.145 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCD51
RGB	rgb(203, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -16.43, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 61.92, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0499 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.145 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9465, 56.9545, 16.2506)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCD51 #5351CD

analogous

#CD9151 #CBCD51 #8DCD51

triadic

#CBCD51 #51CBCD #CD51CB

tetradic

#CBCD51 #51CD91 #5351CD #CD518D

square

#CBCD51 #51CD91 #5351CD #CD518D

split-complementary

#CBCD51 #518DCD #9151CD

monochromatic

#7E7F25 #ADAF32 #CBCD51 #D9DB81 #E7E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CBCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CBCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCD51

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCD51	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.145 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc87',
    500: '#cbcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcd51;
$custom-light: #dedc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82324,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCD51

secondary

#3D3B87

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCD51

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

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