#CBBE40#CBBE40

#CBBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.143 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBE40
RGB	rgb(203, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -9.87, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 63.08, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0331 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.143 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9693, 49.8954, 12.1642)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBE40 #404DCB

analogous

#CB7840 #CBBE40 #93CB40

triadic

#CBBE40 #40CBBE #BE40CB

tetradic

#CBBE40 #40CB78 #404DCB #CB4093

square

#CBBE40 #40CB78 #404DCB #CB4093

split-complementary

#CBBE40 #4093CB #7840CB

monochromatic

#726A1F #A2972C #CBBE40 #D8CE70 #E5DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CBBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CBBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBE40

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBE40	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.143 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded17c',
    500: '#cbbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbe40;
$custom-light: #ded17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78976,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBE40

secondary

#959BD2

accent

#56E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBE40

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

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