#CBD561#CBD561

#CBD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.140 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD561
RGB	rgb(203, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -19.20, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 58.47, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.056 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.14 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5816, 61.1490, 20.4453)
Luminance	0.6115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD561 #6B61D5

analogous

#D5A561 #CBD561 #91D561

triadic

#CBD561 #61CBD5 #D561CB

tetradic

#CBD561 #61D5A5 #6B61D5 #D56191

square

#CBD561 #61D5A5 #6B61D5 #D56191

split-complementary

#CBD561 #6191D5 #A561D5

monochromatic

#8B9427 #B8C534 #CBD561 #DBE291 #EBEFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CBD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#CBD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD561

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD561	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.140 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde191',
    500: '#cbd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd561;
$custom-light: #dde191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84213,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD561

secondary

#484199

accent

#20C62E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD561

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

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