#CBC436#CBC436

#CBC436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.155 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC436
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -13.41, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 68.79, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0441 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.155 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0362, 52.4443, 11.2398)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC436 #363DCB

analogous

#CB7936 #CBC436 #88CB36

triadic

#CBC436 #36CBC4 #C436CB

tetradic

#CBC436 #36CB79 #363DCB #CB3688

square

#CBC436 #36CB79 #363DCB #CB3688

split-complementary

#CBC436 #3688CB #7936CB

monochromatic

#6B671C #9C9628 #CBC436 #D8D267 #E4E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CBC436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC436

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC436	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.155 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd577',
    500: '#cbc436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc436;
$custom-light: #dfd577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80183,
    "c": 0.15488,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC436

secondary

#313475

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC436

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

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