#CBC142#CBC142

#CBC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.145 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC142
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -11.30, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 63.36, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0369 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.145 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6837, 51.2315, 12.6881)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC142 #424CCB

analogous

#CB7C42 #CBC142 #91CB42

triadic

#CBC142 #42CBC1 #C142CB

tetradic

#CBC142 #42CB7C #424CCB #CB4291

square

#CBC142 #42CB7C #424CCB #CB4291

split-complementary

#CBC142 #4291CB #7C42CB

monochromatic

#736D20 #A39A2D #CBC142 #D8D172 #E5E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CBC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CBC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC142

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC142	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.145 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded37d',
    500: '#cbc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc142;
$custom-light: #ded37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC142

secondary

#353A7C

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC142

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

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