#CBC342#CBC342

#CBC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.146 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC342
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -12.32, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 64.08, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0398 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.146 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1288, 52.1217, 12.8365)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC342 #424ACB

analogous

#CB7E42 #CBC342 #8FCB42

triadic

#CBC342 #42CBC3 #C342CB

tetradic

#CBC342 #42CB7E #424ACB #CB428F

square

#CBC342 #42CB7E #424ACB #CB428F

split-complementary

#CBC342 #428FCB #7E42CB

monochromatic

#736E20 #A39C2D #CBC342 #D8D272 #E5E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CBC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC342

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC342	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)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.146 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded47e',
    500: '#cbc342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc342;
$custom-light: #ded47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80054,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC342

secondary

#35397C

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC342

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

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