#CBC248#CBC248

#CBC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC248
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -11.46, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 61.33, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0368 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0918, 51.7496, 13.7431)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC248 #4851CB

analogous

#CB8148 #CBC248 #93CB48

triadic

#CBC248 #48CBC2 #C248CB

tetradic

#CBC248 #48CB81 #4851CB #CB4893

square

#CBC248 #48CB81 #4851CB #CB4893

split-complementary

#CBC248 #4893CB #8148CB

monochromatic

#777122 #A69E2F #CBC248 #D9D278 #E6E2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CBC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC248

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC248	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded481',
    500: '#cbc248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc248;
$custom-light: #ded481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79891,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC248

secondary

#383D7F

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC248

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

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