#CBD159#CBD159

#CBD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.143 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD159
RGB	rgb(203, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -17.85, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 60.20, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.053 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.143 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2335, 59.0198, 18.2477)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD159 #5F59D1

analogous

#D19B59 #CBD159 #8FD159

triadic

#CBD159 #59CBD1 #D159CB

tetradic

#CBD159 #59D19B #5F59D1 #D1598F

square

#CBD159 #59D19B #5F59D1 #D1598F

split-complementary

#CBD159 #598FD1 #9B59D1

monochromatic

#858926 #B3B933 #CBD159 #DADE89 #E9ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CBD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CBD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD159

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD159	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.143 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde8c',
    500: '#cbd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd159;
$custom-light: #ddde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83264,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD159

secondary

#423E90

accent

#48E050

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD159

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

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