#CBC44A#CBC44A

#CBC44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.142 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC44A
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -12.36, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 61.26, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0391 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.142 106)
XYZ	xyz(45.6062, 52.6723, 14.2417)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC44A #4A51CB

analogous

#CB844A #CBC44A #92CB4A

triadic

#CBC44A #4ACBC4 #C44ACB

tetradic

#CBC44A #4ACB84 #4A51CB #CB4A92

square

#CBC44A #4ACB84 #4A51CB #CB4A92

split-complementary

#CBC44A #4A92CB #844ACB

monochromatic

#787323 #A8A130 #CBC44A #D9D37A #E6E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CBC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC44A

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC44A	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)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.142 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded582',
    500: '#cbc44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc44a;
$custom-light: #ded582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80334,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.52671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC44A

secondary

#393D80

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC44A

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

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