#CBC262#CBC262

#CBC262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC262
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 51.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -9.57, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 49.79, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0285 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.119 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1263, 52.1634, 19.1917)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC262 #626BCB

analogous

#CB8E62 #CBC262 #A0CB62

triadic

#CBC262 #62CBC2 #C262CB

tetradic

#CBC262 #62CB8E #626BCB #CB62A0

square

#CBC262 #62CB8E #626BCB #CB62A0

split-complementary

#CBC262 #62A0CB #8E62CB

monochromatic

#867E2C #B4AA3C #CBC262 #DAD490 #E9E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CBC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC262

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC262	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd491',
    500: '#cbc262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc262;
$custom-light: #ddd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 50.239,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80167,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC262

secondary

#444A8D

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC262

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

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