#CBD55B#CBD55B

#CBD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD55B
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -19.68, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 61.10, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.058 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.146 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3123, 61.0413, 19.0273)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD55B #655BD5

analogous

#D5A25B #CBD55B #8ED55B

triadic

#CBD55B #5BCBD5 #D55BCB

tetradic

#CBD55B #5BD5A2 #655BD5 #D55B8E

square

#CBD55B #5BD5A2 #655BD5 #D55B8E

split-complementary

#CBD55B #5B8ED5 #A25BD5

monochromatic

#889125 #B6C132 #CBD55B #DAE18C #EAEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CBD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#CBD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD55B

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD55B	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde18e',
    500: '#cbd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd55b;
$custom-light: #dde18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84148,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD55B

secondary

#453E96

accent

#45E252

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD55B

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

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