#CBC245#CBC245

#CBC245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC245
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -11.64, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 62.54, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0376 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9963, 51.7114, 13.2402)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC245 #454ECB

analogous

#CB7F45 #CBC245 #91CB45

triadic

#CBC245 #45CBC2 #C245CB

tetradic

#CBC245 #45CB7F #454ECB #CB4591

square

#CBC245 #45CB7F #454ECB #CB4591

split-complementary

#CBC245 #4591CB #7F45CB

monochromatic

#756F21 #A59D2E #CBC245 #D8D275 #E6E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CBC245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC245

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC245	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47f',
    500: '#cbc245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc245;
$custom-light: #ded47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79865,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC245

secondary

#373B7E

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC245

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

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