#CBC13B#CBC13B

#CBC13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.149 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC13B
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -11.66, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 66.00, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0387 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.149 105)
XYZ	xyz(44.4898, 51.1539, 11.6670)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC13B #3B45CB

analogous

#CB793B #CBC13B #8DCB3B

triadic

#CBC13B #3BCBC1 #C13BCB

tetradic

#CBC13B #3BCB79 #3B45CB #CB3B8D

square

#CBC13B #3BCB79 #3B45CB #CB3B8D

split-complementary

#CBC13B #3B8DCB #793BCB

monochromatic

#6E691D #9F972A #CBC13B #D8D06B #E5E09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBC13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CBC13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC13B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC13B	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.149 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded37a',
    500: '#cbc13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc13b;
$custom-light: #ded37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79576,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC13B

secondary

#333778

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC13B

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

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