#CBBF42#CBBF42

#CBBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBBF42
RGB	rgb(203, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -10.28, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 62.65, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.034 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.143 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2446, 50.3532, 12.5418)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBBF42 #424ECB

analogous

#CB7B42 #CBBF42 #92CB42

triadic

#CBBF42 #42CBBF #BF42CB

tetradic

#CBBF42 #42CB7B #424ECB #CB4292

square

#CBBF42 #42CB7B #424ECB #CB4292

split-complementary

#CBBF42 #4292CB #7B42CB

monochromatic

#736C20 #A3992D #CBBF42 #D8CF72 #E5E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CBBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#CBBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBBF42

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBBF42	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbbf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded27d',
    500: '#cbbf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbbf42;
$custom-light: #ded27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbbf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBBF42

secondary

#353C7C

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBBF42

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

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