#CBC43E#CBC43E

#CBC43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.150 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC43E
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -13.03, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 65.96, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0422 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.15 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2398, 52.5258, 12.3119)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC43E #3E45CB

analogous

#CB7D3E #CBC43E #8CCB3E

triadic

#CBC43E #3ECBC4 #C43ECB

tetradic

#CBC43E #3ECB7D #3E45CB #CB3E8C

square

#CBC43E #3ECB7D #3E45CB #CB3E8C

split-complementary

#CBC43E #3E8CCB #7D3ECB

monochromatic

#706C1E #A19B2B #CBC43E #D8D36E #E5E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CBC43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CBC43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC43E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC43E	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)

#D5BD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.150 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57b',
    500: '#cbc43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc43e;
$custom-light: #ded57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80237,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC43E

secondary

#343779

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC43E

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

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