#CBC23C#CBC23C

#CBC23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.149 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC23C
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -12.12, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 65.98, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0399 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.149 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7378, 51.6080, 11.8789)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC23C #3C45CB

analogous

#CB7B3C #CBC23C #8DCB3C

triadic

#CBC23C #3CCBC2 #C23CCB

tetradic

#CBC23C #3CCB7B #3C45CB #CB3C8D

square

#CBC23C #3CCB7B #3C45CB #CB3C8D

split-complementary

#CBC23C #3C8DCB #7B3CCB

monochromatic

#6F6A1E #9F982A #CBC23C #D8D16C #E5E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CBC23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC23C

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC23C	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#D3BB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.149 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47a',
    500: '#cbc23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc23c;
$custom-light: #ded47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79796,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC23C

secondary

#333778

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC23C

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

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