#CBD557#CBD557

#CBD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.149 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD557
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -19.97, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 62.80, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0592 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.149 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1443, 60.9741, 18.1426)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD557 #6157D5

analogous

#D5A057 #CBD557 #8CD557

triadic

#CBD557 #57CBD5 #D557CB

tetradic

#CBD557 #57D5A0 #6157D5 #D5578C

square

#CBD557 #57D5A0 #6157D5 #D5578C

split-complementary

#CBD557 #578CD5 #A057D5

monochromatic

#868E24 #B4BF30 #CBD557 #DAE188 #E9EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CBD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#CBD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD557

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD557	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.149 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde18b',
    500: '#cbd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd557;
$custom-light: #dde18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84107,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD557

secondary

#433C94

accent

#45E351

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD557

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

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