#CBD169#CBD169

#CBD169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.128 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD169
RGB	rgb(203, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 49.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -16.54, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 53.02, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0477 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.128 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9798, 59.3183, 22.1786)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD169 #6F69D1

analogous

#D1A369 #CBD169 #97D169

triadic

#CBD169 #69CBD1 #D169CB

tetradic

#CBD169 #69D1A3 #6F69D1 #D16997

square

#CBD169 #69D1A3 #6F69D1 #D16997

split-complementary

#CBD169 #6997D1 #A369D1

monochromatic

#8D932D #BAC13B #CBD169 #DBDF98 #EBEEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CBD169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CBD169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD169

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD169	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.128 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf96',
    500: '#cbd169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd169;
$custom-light: #dddf96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83448,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD169

secondary

#4B4698

accent

#25C02E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD169

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

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