#CBC34E#CBC34E

#CBC34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC34E
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -11.59, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 59.20, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0365 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5204, 52.2783, 14.8992)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC34E #4E56CB

analogous

#CB844E #CBC34E #94CB4E

triadic

#CBC34E #4ECBC3 #C34ECB

tetradic

#CBC34E #4ECB84 #4E56CB #CB4E94

square

#CBC34E #4ECB84 #4E56CB #CB4E94

split-complementary

#CBC34E #4E94CB #844ECB

monochromatic

#7B7524 #AAA232 #CBC34E #D9D37D #E7E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CBC34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC34E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC34E	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded485',
    500: '#cbc34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc34e;
$custom-light: #ded485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80158,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC34E

secondary

#3A3F83

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC34E

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

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