#CBD265#CBD265

#CBD265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.133 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD265
RGB	rgb(203, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 51.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -17.39, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 55.31, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0505 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.133 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0252, 59.7302, 21.2032)
Luminance	0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD265 #6C65D2

analogous

#D2A265 #CBD265 #94D265

triadic

#CBD265 #65CBD2 #D265CB

tetradic

#CBD265 #65D2A2 #6C65D2 #D26594

square

#CBD265 #65D2A2 #6C65D2 #D26594

split-complementary

#CBD265 #6594D2 #A265D2

monochromatic

#8B922B #B9C138 #CBD265 #DBE094 #EBEEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CBD265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#CBD265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD265

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD265	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.133 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddf94',
    500: '#cbd265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd265;
$custom-light: #dddf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.853,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83613,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD265

secondary

#494498

accent

#23C22D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD265

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

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