#CBC048#CBC048

#CBC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC048
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -10.44, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 60.59, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0339 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6496, 50.8653, 13.5957)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC048 #4853CB

analogous

#CB7F48 #CBC048 #95CB48

triadic

#CBC048 #48CBC0 #C048CB

tetradic

#CBC048 #48CB7F #4853CB #CB4895

square

#CBC048 #48CB7F #4853CB #CB4895

split-complementary

#CBC048 #4895CB #7F48CB

monochromatic

#777022 #A69C2F #CBC048 #D9D078 #E6E1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#CBC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC048

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC048	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded281',
    500: '#cbc048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc048;
$custom-light: #ded281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79467,
    "c": 0.13928,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC048

secondary

#383E7F

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC048

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

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