#CBD559#CBD559

#CBD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.147 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD559
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -19.83, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 61.95, 108.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0586 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.147 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2272, 61.0072, 18.5789)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD559 #6359D5

analogous

#D5A159 #CBD559 #8DD559

triadic

#CBD559 #59CBD5 #D559CB

tetradic

#CBD559 #59D5A1 #6359D5 #D5598D

square

#CBD559 #59D5A1 #6359D5 #D5598D

split-complementary

#CBD559 #598DD5 #A159D5

monochromatic

#878F24 #B5C031 #CBD559 #DAE18A #EAEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CBD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#CBD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD559

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD559	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.147 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde18c',
    500: '#cbd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd559;
$custom-light: #dde18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84127,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD559

secondary

#443D95

accent

#45E352

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD559

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

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