#CBC23F#CBC23F

#CBC23F 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	#CBC23F
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 69%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -11.97, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 64.87, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0391 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8194, 51.6406, 12.3084)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC23F #3F48CB

analogous

#CB7C3F #CBC23F #8ECB3F

triadic

#CBC23F #3FCBC2 #C23FCB

tetradic

#CBC23F #3FCB7C #3F48CB #CB3F8E

square

#CBC23F #3FCB7C #3F48CB #CB3F8E

split-complementary

#CBC23F #3F8ECB #7C3FCB

monochromatic

#716C1F #A19A2C #CBC23F #D8D16F #E5E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CBC23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC23F

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC23F	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)

#D3BB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47c',
    500: '#cbc23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc23f;
$custom-light: #ded47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79818,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC23F

secondary

#34397A

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC23F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →