#CBC242#CBC242

#CBC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.145 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC242
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -11.81, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 63.72, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0384 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.145 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9055, 51.6751, 12.7621)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC242 #424BCB

analogous

#CB7D42 #CBC242 #90CB42

triadic

#CBC242 #42CBC2 #C242CB

tetradic

#CBC242 #42CB7D #424BCB #CB4290

square

#CBC242 #42CB7D #424BCB #CB4290

split-complementary

#CBC242 #4290CB #7D42CB

monochromatic

#736D20 #A39B2D #CBC242 #D8D172 #E5E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CBC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC242

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC242	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)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.145 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47d',
    500: '#cbc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc242;
$custom-light: #ded47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79841,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC242

secondary

#353A7C

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC242

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

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