#CBC23E#CBC23E

#CBC23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC23E
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -12.02, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 65.24, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0394 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7917, 51.6295, 12.1626)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC23E #3E47CB

analogous

#CB7C3E #CBC23E #8ECB3E

triadic

#CBC23E #3ECBC2 #C23ECB

tetradic

#CBC23E #3ECB7C #3E47CB #CB3E8E

square

#CBC23E #3ECB7C #3E47CB #CB3E8E

split-complementary

#CBC23E #3E8ECB #7C3ECB

monochromatic

#706B1E #A1992B #CBC23E #D8D16E #E5E09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CBC23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC23E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC23E	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47b',
    500: '#cbc23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc23e;
$custom-light: #ded47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79811,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC23E

secondary

#343879

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC23E

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

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