#CBD251#CBD251

#CBD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.151 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD251
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -18.91, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 64.00, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0568 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.151 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1617, 59.3848, 16.6557)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD251 #5851D2

analogous

#D29951 #CBD251 #8BD251

triadic

#CBD251 #51CBD2 #D251CB

tetradic

#CBD251 #51D299 #5851D2 #D2518B

square

#CBD251 #51D299 #5851D2 #D2518B

split-complementary

#CBD251 #518BD2 #9951D2

monochromatic

#818623 #AFB72F #CBD251 #DADF82 #E8EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CBD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#CBD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD251

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD251	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.151 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf87',
    500: '#cbd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd251;
$custom-light: #dedf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.256,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83402,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD251

secondary

#3F3B8D

accent

#46E24E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD251

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

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