#CBC442#CBC442

#CBC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.147 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC442
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -12.82, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 64.45, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0412 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.147 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3536, 52.5713, 12.9114)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC442 #4249CB

analogous

#CB7F42 #CBC442 #8ECB42

triadic

#CBC442 #42CBC4 #C442CB

tetradic

#CBC442 #42CB7F #4249CB #CB428E

square

#CBC442 #42CB7F #4249CB #CB428E

split-complementary

#CBC442 #428ECB #7F42CB

monochromatic

#736F20 #A39D2D #CBC442 #D8D372 #E5E2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CBC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC442

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC442	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)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.147 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded57e',
    500: '#cbc442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc442;
$custom-light: #ded57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80267,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC442

secondary

#35397C

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC442

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

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