#CBC43C#CBC43C

#CBC43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.151 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC43C
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -13.13, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 66.69, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0427 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.151 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1859, 52.5042, 12.0282)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC43C #3C43CB

analogous

#CB7D3C #CBC43C #8BCB3C

triadic

#CBC43C #3CCBC4 #C43CCB

tetradic

#CBC43C #3CCB7D #3C43CB #CB3C8B

square

#CBC43C #3CCB7D #3C43CB #CB3C8B

split-complementary

#CBC43C #3C8BCB #7D3CCB

monochromatic

#6F6B1E #9F9A2A #CBC43C #D8D36C #E5E19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CBC43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC43C

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC43C	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)

#D5BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.151 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57a',
    500: '#cbc43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc43c;
$custom-light: #ded57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80223,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC43C

secondary

#333678

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC43C

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

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