#CBD259#CBD259

#CBD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.144 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD259
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -18.35, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 60.64, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0544 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.144 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4796, 59.5120, 18.3297)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD259 #6059D2

analogous

#D29C59 #CBD259 #8ED259

triadic

#CBD259 #59CBD2 #D259CB

tetradic

#CBD259 #59D29C #6059D2 #D2598E

square

#CBD259 #59D29C #6059D2 #D2598E

split-complementary

#CBD259 #598ED2 #9C59D2

monochromatic

#858B26 #B3BB33 #CBD259 #DADF89 #E9ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CBD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CBD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD259

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD259	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.144 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf8c',
    500: '#cbd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd259;
$custom-light: #dddf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.471,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83479,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD259

secondary

#433E91

accent

#47E150

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD259

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

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