#CBC12E#CBC12E

#CBC12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.156 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC12E
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 77.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -12.21, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 70.34, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0414 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.156 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1936, 51.0354, 10.1072)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC12E #2E38CB

analogous

#CB732E #CBC12E #87CB2E

triadic

#CBC12E #2ECBC1 #C12ECB

tetradic

#CBC12E #2ECB73 #2E38CB #CB2E87

square

#CBC12E #2ECB73 #2E38CB #CB2E87

split-complementary

#CBC12E #2E87CB #732ECB

monochromatic

#676217 #999223 #CBC12E #DAD25C #E5E08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBC12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CBC12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC12E

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC12E	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.156 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd373',
    500: '#cbc12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc12e;
$custom-light: #dfd373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.178,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79496,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC12E

secondary

#2C3071

accent

#4CE642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC12E

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

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