#CBBC42#CBBC42

#CBBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBC42
RGB	rgb(203, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -8.74, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 61.61, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0297 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5970, 49.0581, 12.3259)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBC42 #4251CB

analogous

#CB7842 #CBBC42 #95CB42

triadic

#CBBC42 #42CBBC #BC42CB

tetradic

#CBBC42 #42CB78 #4251CB #CB4295

square

#CBBC42 #42CB78 #4251CB #CB4295

split-complementary

#CBBC42 #4295CB #7842CB

monochromatic

#736A20 #A3962D #CBBC42 #D8CD72 #E5DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CBBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#CBBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBC42

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBC42	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf7d',
    500: '#cbbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbc42;
$custom-light: #decf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7857,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBC42

secondary

#979DD2

accent

#58E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBC42

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

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