#CBC44B#CBC44B

#CBC44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.141 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC44B
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -12.30, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 60.84, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0388 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.141 106)
XYZ	xyz(45.6401, 52.6859, 14.4205)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC44B #4B52CB

analogous

#CB844B #CBC44B #92CB4B

triadic

#CBC44B #4BCBC4 #C44BCB

tetradic

#CBC44B #4BCB84 #4B52CB #CB4B92

square

#CBC44B #4BCB84 #4B52CB #CB4B92

split-complementary

#CBC44B #4B92CB #844BCB

monochromatic

#797423 #A8A231 #CBC44B #D9D47A #E6E3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CBC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC44B

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC44B	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.141 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded583',
    500: '#cbc44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc44b;
$custom-light: #ded583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80343,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.52684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC44B

secondary

#393D81

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC44B

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

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