#CBC241#CBC241

#CBC241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC241
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -11.86, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 64.11, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0386 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.146 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8763, 51.6634, 12.6082)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC241 #414ACB

analogous

#CB7D41 #CBC241 #8FCB41

triadic

#CBC241 #41CBC2 #C241CB

tetradic

#CBC241 #41CB7D #414ACB #CB418F

square

#CBC241 #41CB7D #414ACB #CB418F

split-complementary

#CBC241 #418FCB #7D41CB

monochromatic

#726D1F #A29B2C #CBC241 #D8D171 #E5E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CBC241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC241

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC241	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)

#D3BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47d',
    500: '#cbc241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc241;
$custom-light: #ded47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79833,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC241

secondary

#353A7B

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC241

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

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