#CBD957#CBD957

#CBD957 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	#CBD957
RGB	rgb(203, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -21.92, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 64.56, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0647 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.154 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1629, 63.0111, 18.4821)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBD957 #6557D9

analogous

#D9A657 #CBD957 #8AD957

triadic

#CBD957 #57CBD9 #D957CB

tetradic

#CBD957 #57D9A6 #6557D9 #D9578A

square

#CBD957 #57D9A6 #6557D9 #D9578A

split-complementary

#CBD957 #578AD9 #A657D9

monochromatic

#889421 #B6C62D #CBD957 #DAE489 #EAF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CBD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CBD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBD957

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBD957	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)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.154 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde48b',
    500: '#cbd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbd957;
$custom-light: #dde48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84975,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBD957

secondary

#453B99

accent

#42E653

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBD957

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

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