#CBC449#CBC449

#CBC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.142 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC449
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -12.42, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 61.67, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0394 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.142 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5728, 52.6590, 14.0656)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC449 #4950CB

analogous

#CB8349 #CBC449 #91CB49

triadic

#CBC449 #49CBC4 #C449CB

tetradic

#CBC449 #49CB83 #4950CB #CB4991

square

#CBC449 #49CB83 #4950CB #CB4991

split-complementary

#CBC449 #4991CB #8349CB

monochromatic

#777322 #A7A130 #CBC449 #D9D379 #E6E3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CBC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC449

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC449	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.142 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded582',
    500: '#cbc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc449;
$custom-light: #ded582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80325,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC449

secondary

#383C80

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC449

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

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