#CBC24E#CBC24E

#CBC24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC24E
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -11.08, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 58.82, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.035 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2971, 51.8317, 14.8247)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC24E #4E57CB

analogous

#CB834E #CBC24E #95CB4E

triadic

#CBC24E #4ECBC2 #C24ECB

tetradic

#CBC24E #4ECB83 #4E57CB #CB4E95

square

#CBC24E #4ECB83 #4E57CB #CB4E95

split-complementary

#CBC24E #4E95CB #834ECB

monochromatic

#7B7424 #AAA132 #CBC24E #D9D27D #E7E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CBC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CBC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC24E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC24E	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded484',
    500: '#cbc24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc24e;
$custom-light: #ded484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79946,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC24E

secondary

#3A4083

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC24E

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

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