#CBC43B#CBC43B

#CBC43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.152 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC43B
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -13.18, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 67.05, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.043 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1597, 52.4937, 11.8903)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC43B #3B42CB

analogous

#CB7C3B #CBC43B #8ACB3B

triadic

#CBC43B #3BCBC4 #C43BCB

tetradic

#CBC43B #3BCB7C #3B42CB #CB3B8A

square

#CBC43B #3BCB7C #3B42CB #CB3B8A

split-complementary

#CBC43B #3B8ACB #7C3BCB

monochromatic

#6E6A1D #9F992A #CBC43B #D8D36B #E5E19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CBC43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC43B

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC43B	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)

#D5BD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57a',
    500: '#cbc43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc43b;
$custom-light: #ded57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80216,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC43B

secondary

#333678

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC43B

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

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