#CBD956#CBD956

#CBD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.154 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBD956
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -21.99, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 64.97, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.065 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.154 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1223, 62.9949, 18.2685)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD956 #6456D9

analogous

#D9A656 #CBD956 #8AD956

triadic

#CBD956 #56CBD9 #D956CB

tetradic

#CBD956 #56D9A6 #6456D9 #D9568A

square

#CBD956 #56D9A6 #6456D9 #D9568A

split-complementary

#CBD956 #568AD9 #A656D9

monochromatic

#879321 #B5C52C #CBD956 #DAE488 #EAEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CBD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CBD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD956

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD956	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.154 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee48b',
    500: '#cbd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd956;
$custom-light: #dee48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84965,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD956

secondary

#453B98

accent

#41E653

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD956

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

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