#CBC23B#CBC23B

#CBC23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.150 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC23B
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -12.17, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 66.34, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0401 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.15 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7116, 51.5975, 11.7409)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC23B #3B44CB

analogous

#CB7A3B #CBC23B #8CCB3B

triadic

#CBC23B #3BCBC2 #C23BCB

tetradic

#CBC23B #3BCB7A #3B44CB #CB3B8C

square

#CBC23B #3BCB7A #3B44CB #CB3B8C

split-complementary

#CBC23B #3B8CCB #7A3BCB

monochromatic

#6E691D #9F972A #CBC23B #D8D16B #E5E09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CBC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CBC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC23B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC23B	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.150 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47a',
    500: '#cbc23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc23b;
$custom-light: #ded47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79789,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC23B

secondary

#333778

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC23B

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

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