#CBC42E#CBC42E

#CBC42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.159 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC42E
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 77.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -13.73, 70.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 71.33, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0457 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.159 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8635, 52.3753, 10.3305)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC42E #2E35CB

analogous

#CB762E #CBC42E #84CB2E

triadic

#CBC42E #2ECBC4 #C42ECB

tetradic

#CBC42E #2ECB76 #2E35CB #CB2E84

square

#CBC42E #2ECB76 #2E35CB #CB2E84

split-complementary

#CBC42E #2E84CB #762ECB

monochromatic

#676417 #999423 #CBC42E #DAD45C #E5E18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CBC42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC42E

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC42E	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.159 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd574',
    500: '#cbc42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc42e;
$custom-light: #dfd574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.325,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80137,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC42E

secondary

#2C2F71

accent

#49E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC42E

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

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