#CBC350#CBC350

#CBC350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.136 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC350
RGB	rgb(203, 195, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -11.46, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 58.34, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0359 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.136 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5932, 52.3075, 15.2825)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC350 #5058CB

analogous

#CB8650 #CBC350 #95CB50

triadic

#CBC350 #50CBC3 #C350CB

tetradic

#CBC350 #50CB86 #5058CB #CB5095

square

#CBC350 #50CB86 #5058CB #CB5095

split-complementary

#CBC350 #5095CB #8650CB

monochromatic

#7C7625 #ABA333 #CBC350 #D9D37F #E7E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CBC350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC350

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC350	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)

#D3BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 195, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.136 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded486',
    500: '#cbc350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc350;
$custom-light: #ded486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80178,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC350

secondary

#3B4084

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC350

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

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