#CBBE42#CBBE42

#CBBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.142 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBE42
RGB	rgb(203, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -9.77, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 62.30, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0326 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.142 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0272, 49.9185, 12.4693)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBE42 #424FCB

analogous

#CB7A42 #CBBE42 #93CB42

triadic

#CBBE42 #42CBBE #BE42CB

tetradic

#CBBE42 #42CB7A #424FCB #CB4293

square

#CBBE42 #42CB7A #424FCB #CB4293

split-complementary

#CBBE42 #4293CB #7A42CB

monochromatic

#736B20 #A3982D #CBBE42 #D8CF72 #E5DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CBBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CBBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBE42

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBE42	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)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.142 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded17d',
    500: '#cbbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbe42;
$custom-light: #ded17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78992,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBE42

secondary

#979CD2

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBE42

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

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