#CBCD59#CBCD59

#CBCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.139 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBCD59
RGB	rgb(203, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -15.86, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 58.49, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0474 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.139 110)
XYZ	xyz(48.2644, 57.0816, 17.9247)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBCD59 #5B59CD

analogous

#CD9559 #CBCD59 #91CD59

triadic

#CBCD59 #59CBCD #CD59CB

tetradic

#CBCD59 #59CD95 #5B59CD #CD5991

square

#CBCD59 #59CD95 #5B59CD #CD5991

split-complementary

#CBCD59 #5991CD #9559CD

monochromatic

#828428 #B1B336 #CBCD59 #DADB88 #E8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CBCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CBCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBCD59

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBCD59	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.139 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddc8c',
    500: '#cbcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbcd59;
$custom-light: #dddc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82404,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.5708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBCD59

secondary

#403F8B

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBCD59

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

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