#CBD256#CBD256

#CBD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; 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	#CBD256
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -18.57, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 61.92, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0554 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.147 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3562, 59.4626, 17.6797)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD256 #5D56D2

analogous

#D29B56 #CBD256 #8DD256

triadic

#CBD256 #56CBD2 #D256CB

tetradic

#CBD256 #56D29B #5D56D2 #D2568D

square

#CBD256 #56D29B #5D56D2 #D2568D

split-complementary

#CBD256 #568DD2 #9B56D2

monochromatic

#838925 #B2B931 #CBD256 #DADF86 #E9ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CBD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#CBD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD256

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD256	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)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.147 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf8a',
    500: '#cbd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd256;
$custom-light: #dddf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83449,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD256

secondary

#413D90

accent

#47E14F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD256

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

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