#CBD161#CBD161

#CBD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD161
RGB	rgb(203, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -17.23, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 56.67, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0504 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.136 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5878, 59.1615, 20.1141)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD161 #6761D1

analogous

#D19F61 #CBD161 #93D161

triadic

#CBD161 #61CBD1 #D161CB

tetradic

#CBD161 #61D19F #6761D1 #D16193

square

#CBD161 #61D19F #6761D1 #D16193

split-complementary

#CBD161 #6193D1 #9F61D1

monochromatic

#898E29 #B6BE37 #CBD161 #DBDF90 #EAEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CBD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#CBD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD161

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD161	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf91',
    500: '#cbd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd161;
$custom-light: #dddf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83351,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD161

secondary

#464294

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD161

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

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