#CBD255#CBD255

#CBD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.147 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD255
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -18.64, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 62.34, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0557 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.147 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3161, 59.4466, 17.4690)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD255 #5C55D2

analogous

#D29A55 #CBD255 #8CD255

triadic

#CBD255 #55CBD2 #D255CB

tetradic

#CBD255 #55D29A #5C55D2 #D2558C

square

#CBD255 #55D29A #5C55D2 #D2558C

split-complementary

#CBD255 #558CD2 #9A55D2

monochromatic

#838824 #B1B931 #CBD255 #DADF85 #E9ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CBD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#CBD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD255

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD255	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.147 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf8a',
    500: '#cbd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd255;
$custom-light: #dddf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.36,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83439,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD255

secondary

#413C8F

accent

#46E14F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD255

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

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