#CBC249#CBC249

#CBC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC249
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -11.40, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 60.92, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0365 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1246, 51.7627, 13.9163)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC249 #4952CB

analogous

#CB8149 #CBC249 #93CB49

triadic

#CBC249 #49CBC2 #C249CB

tetradic

#CBC249 #49CB81 #4952CB #CB4993

square

#CBC249 #49CB81 #4952CB #CB4993

split-complementary

#CBC249 #4993CB #8149CB

monochromatic

#777222 #A79F30 #CBC249 #D9D279 #E6E2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CBC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC249

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC249	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)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded481',
    500: '#cbc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc249;
$custom-light: #ded481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.799,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC249

secondary

#383D80

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC249

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

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