#CBC336#CBC336

#CBC336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.154 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC336
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -12.91, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 68.44, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0427 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.154 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8114, 51.9947, 11.1648)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC336 #363ECB

analogous

#CB7936 #CBC336 #88CB36

triadic

#CBC336 #36CBC3 #C336CB

tetradic

#CBC336 #36CB79 #363ECB #CB3688

square

#CBC336 #36CB79 #363ECB #CB3688

split-complementary

#CBC336 #3688CB #7936CB

monochromatic

#6B671C #9C9528 #CBC336 #D8D267 #E4E097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CBC336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC336

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC336	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.154 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd477',
    500: '#cbc336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc336;
$custom-light: #dfd477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79969,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC336

secondary

#313475

accent

#4EE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC336

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

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