#CBC235#CBC235

#CBC235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.154 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC235
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -12.44, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 68.44, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0415 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.154 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5648, 51.5388, 10.9680)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC235 #353ECB

analogous

#CB7735 #CBC235 #89CB35

triadic

#CBC235 #35CBC2 #C235CB

tetradic

#CBC235 #35CB77 #353ECB #CB3589

square

#CBC235 #35CB77 #353ECB #CB3589

split-complementary

#CBC235 #3589CB #7735CB

monochromatic

#6A661B #9B9428 #CBC235 #D8D166 #E4DF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CBC235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC235

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC235	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.154 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd477',
    500: '#cbc235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc235;
$custom-light: #dfd477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7975,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC235

secondary

#303474

accent

#4FE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC235

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

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