#CBD261#CBD261

#CBD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.137 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD261
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -17.72, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 57.12, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0518 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.137 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8339, 59.6537, 20.1961)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD261 #6861D2

analogous

#D2A161 #CBD261 #92D261

triadic

#CBD261 #61CBD2 #D261CB

tetradic

#CBD261 #61D2A1 #6861D2 #D26192

square

#CBD261 #61D2A1 #6861D2 #D26192

split-complementary

#CBD261 #6192D2 #A161D2

monochromatic

#899029 #B7BF36 #CBD261 #DBE091 #EAEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CBD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#CBD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD261

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD261	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.137 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf91',
    500: '#cbd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd261;
$custom-light: #dddf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.717,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83566,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD261

secondary

#474296

accent

#22C32C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD261

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

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