#CBC44D#CBC44D

#CBC44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.139 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC44D
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -12.17, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 60.01, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0382 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.139 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7097, 52.7137, 14.7867)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC44D #4D54CB

analogous

#CB854D #CBC44D #93CB4D

triadic

#CBC44D #4DCBC4 #C44DCB

tetradic

#CBC44D #4DCB85 #4D54CB #CB4D93

square

#CBC44D #4DCB85 #4D54CB #CB4D93

split-complementary

#CBC44D #4D93CB #854DCB

monochromatic

#7A7524 #A9A331 #CBC44D #D9D47C #E7E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CBC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC44D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC44D	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)

#D4BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.139 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded584',
    500: '#cbc44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc44d;
$custom-light: #ded584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80361,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC44D

secondary

#3A3E82

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC44D

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

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