#CBD55D#CBD55D

#CBD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.144 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD55D
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 56.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -19.52, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 60.23, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0573 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.144 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3997, 61.0762, 19.4877)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD55D #675DD5

analogous

#D5A35D #CBD55D #8FD55D

triadic

#CBD55D #5DCBD5 #D55DCB

tetradic

#CBD55D #5DD5A3 #675DD5 #D55D8F

square

#CBD55D #5DD5A3 #675DD5 #D55D8F

split-complementary

#CBD55D #5D8FD5 #A35DD5

monochromatic

#899226 #B6C232 #CBD55D #DBE28E #EAEEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CBD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#CBD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD55D

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD55D	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde18f',
    500: '#cbd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd55d;
$custom-light: #dde18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84169,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD55D

secondary

#463F97

accent

#46E253

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD55D

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

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