#CBC050#CBC050

#CBC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC050
RGB	rgb(203, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -9.93, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 57.20, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0315 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9278, 50.9766, 15.0607)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC050 #505BCB

analogous

#CB8250 #CBC050 #98CB50

triadic

#CBC050 #50CBC0 #C050CB

tetradic

#CBC050 #50CB82 #505BCB #CB5098

square

#CBC050 #50CB82 #505BCB #CB5098

split-complementary

#CBC050 #5098CB #8250CB

monochromatic

#7C7425 #ABA033 #CBC050 #D9D17F #E7E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CBC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CBC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC050

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC050	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded286',
    500: '#cbc050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc050;
$custom-light: #ded286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79542,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC050

secondary

#3B4284

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC050

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

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