#CBC340#CBC340

#CBC340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.148 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC340
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -12.42, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 64.85, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0403 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.148 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0709, 52.0985, 12.5314)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC340 #4048CB

analogous

#CB7E40 #CBC340 #8DCB40

triadic

#CBC340 #40CBC3 #C340CB

tetradic

#CBC340 #40CB7E #4048CB #CB408D

square

#CBC340 #40CB7E #4048CB #CB408D

split-complementary

#CBC340 #408DCB #7E40CB

monochromatic

#726D1F #A29B2C #CBC340 #D8D270 #E5E1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CBC340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC340

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC340	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.148 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47c',
    500: '#cbc340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc340;
$custom-light: #ded47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80038,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC340

secondary

#35397B

accent

#50E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC340

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

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