#CBC22E#CBC22E

#CBC22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.157 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC22E
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 77.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -12.72, 69.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 70.67, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0429 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.157 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4154, 51.4790, 10.1811)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC22E #2E37CB

analogous

#CB742E #CBC22E #85CB2E

triadic

#CBC22E #2ECBC2 #C22ECB

tetradic

#CBC22E #2ECB74 #2E37CB #CB2E85

square

#CBC22E #2ECB74 #2E37CB #CB2E85

split-complementary

#CBC22E #2E85CB #742ECB

monochromatic

#676317 #999223 #CBC22E #DAD35C #E5E08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CBC22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC22E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC22E	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.157 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd473',
    500: '#cbc22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc22e;
$custom-light: #dfd473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.561,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7971,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC22E

secondary

#2C3071

accent

#4BE642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC22E

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

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