#CBD856#CBD856

#CBD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.153 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD856
RGB	rgb(203, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -21.51, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 64.53, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0636 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.153 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8653, 62.4810, 18.1828)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD856 #6356D8

analogous

#D8A456 #CBD856 #8AD856

triadic

#CBD856 #56CBD8 #D856CB

tetradic

#CBD856 #56D8A4 #6356D8 #D8568A

square

#CBD856 #56D8A4 #6356D8 #D8568A

split-complementary

#CBD856 #568AD8 #A456D8

monochromatic

#879222 #B5C42D #CBD856 #DAE388 #EAEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CBD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#CBD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD856

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD856	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.153 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee38b',
    500: '#cbd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd856;
$custom-light: #dee38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84748,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD856

secondary

#443B97

accent

#42E653

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD856

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

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