#CBC049#CBC049

#CBC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.139 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC049
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -10.38, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 60.18, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0336 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.139 104)
XYZ	xyz(44.6825, 50.8785, 13.7689)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC049 #4954CB

analogous

#CB7F49 #CBC049 #95CB49

triadic

#CBC049 #49CBC0 #C049CB

tetradic

#CBC049 #49CB7F #4954CB #CB4995

square

#CBC049 #49CB7F #4954CB #CB4995

split-complementary

#CBC049 #4995CB #7F49CB

monochromatic

#777022 #A79D30 #CBC049 #D9D079 #E6E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CBC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC049

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC049	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.139 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded281',
    500: '#cbc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc049;
$custom-light: #ded281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79475,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.50877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC049

secondary

#383E80

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC049

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

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