#CBC040#CBC040

#CBC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC040
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -10.90, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 63.78, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.036 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4054, 50.7677, 12.3096)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC040 #404BCB

analogous

#CB7B40 #CBC040 #90CB40

triadic

#CBC040 #40CBC0 #C040CB

tetradic

#CBC040 #40CB7B #404BCB #CB4090

square

#CBC040 #40CB7B #404BCB #CB4090

split-complementary

#CBC040 #4090CB #7B40CB

monochromatic

#726B1F #A2982C #CBC040 #D8D070 #E5E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#CBC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC040

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC040	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded27c',
    500: '#cbc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc040;
$custom-light: #ded27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.794,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC040

secondary

#353A7B

accent

#53E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC040

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →