#CBC43F#CBC43F

#CBC43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.149 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC43F
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -12.98, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 65.58, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.042 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.149 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2675, 52.5368, 12.4578)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC43F #3F46CB

analogous

#CB7E3F #CBC43F #8CCB3F

triadic

#CBC43F #3FCBC4 #C43FCB

tetradic

#CBC43F #3FCB7E #3F46CB #CB3F8C

square

#CBC43F #3FCB7E #3F46CB #CB3F8C

split-complementary

#CBC43F #3F8CCB #7E3FCB

monochromatic

#716D1F #A19B2C #CBC43F #D8D36F #E5E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CBC43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC43F

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC43F	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.149 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57c',
    500: '#cbc43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc43f;
$custom-light: #ded57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80244,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC43F

secondary

#34387A

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC43F

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

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