#CBC042#CBC042

#CBC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC042
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -10.79, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 63.00, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0355 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4634, 50.7908, 12.6147)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC042 #424DCB

analogous

#CB7B42 #CBC042 #92CB42

triadic

#CBC042 #42CBC0 #C042CB

tetradic

#CBC042 #42CB7B #424DCB #CB4292

square

#CBC042 #42CB7B #424DCB #CB4292

split-complementary

#CBC042 #4292CB #7B42CB

monochromatic

#736C20 #A3992D #CBC042 #D8D072 #E5E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CBC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC042

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC042	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded27d',
    500: '#cbc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc042;
$custom-light: #ded27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79416,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC042

secondary

#353B7C

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC042

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

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