#CBC43A#CBC43A

#CBC43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.153 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC43A
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -13.23, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 67.40, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0432 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.153 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1340, 52.4835, 11.7550)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC43A #3A41CB

analogous

#CB7B3A #CBC43A #89CB3A

triadic

#CBC43A #3ACBC4 #C43ACB

tetradic

#CBC43A #3ACB7B #3A41CB #CB3A89

square

#CBC43A #3ACB7B #3A41CB #CB3A89

split-complementary

#CBC43A #3A89CB #7B3ACB

monochromatic

#6E6A1D #9E982A #CBC43A #D8D26A #E5E19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CBC43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC43A

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC43A	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.153 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded579',
    500: '#cbc43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc43a;
$custom-light: #ded579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80209,
    "c": 0.15254,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC43A

secondary

#323577

accent

#4EE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC43A

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

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