#CBC440#CBC440

#CBC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.149 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC440
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -12.93, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 65.21, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0418 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.149 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2957, 52.5481, 12.6063)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC440 #4047CB

analogous

#CB7E40 #CBC440 #8DCB40

triadic

#CBC440 #40CBC4 #C440CB

tetradic

#CBC440 #40CB7E #4047CB #CB408D

square

#CBC440 #40CB7E #4047CB #CB408D

split-complementary

#CBC440 #408DCB #7E40CB

monochromatic

#726D1F #A29C2C #CBC440 #D8D370 #E5E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CBC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC440

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC440	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)

#D4BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.149 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57d',
    500: '#cbc440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc440;
$custom-light: #ded57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC440

secondary

#35387B

accent

#4FE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC440

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

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