#CBC149#CBC149

#CBC149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC149
RGB	rgb(203, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -10.89, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 60.55, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.035 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9028, 51.3191, 13.8423)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC149 #4953CB

analogous

#CB8049 #CBC149 #94CB49

triadic

#CBC149 #49CBC1 #C149CB

tetradic

#CBC149 #49CB80 #4953CB #CB4994

square

#CBC149 #49CB80 #4953CB #CB4994

split-complementary

#CBC149 #4994CB #8049CB

monochromatic

#777122 #A79E30 #CBC149 #D9D179 #E6E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CBC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC149

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC149	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded381',
    500: '#cbc149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc149;
$custom-light: #ded381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79687,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC149

secondary

#383E80

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC149

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

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