#CBD53B#CBD53B

#CBD53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.169 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD53B
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -21.62, 70.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 73.42, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0666 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.169 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2138, 60.6018, 13.2417)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD53B #453BD5

analogous

#D5923B #CBD53B #7ED53B

triadic

#CBD53B #3BCBD5 #D53BCB

tetradic

#CBD53B #3BD592 #453BD5 #D53B7E

square

#CBD53B #3BD592 #453BD5 #D53B7E

split-complementary

#CBD53B #3B7ED5 #923BD5

monochromatic

#757B1A #A5AE25 #CBD53B #D8E06D #E6EBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CBD53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#CBD53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD53B

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD53B	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.169 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe17c',
    500: '#cbd53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd53b;
$custom-light: #dfe17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83883,
    "c": 0.16874,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD53B

secondary

#373183

accent

#40E84B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD53B

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

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