#CBC44E#CBC44E

#CBC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.138 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC44E
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -12.10, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 59.58, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0379 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.138 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7452, 52.7279, 14.9741)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC44E #4E55CB

analogous

#CB854E #CBC44E #93CB4E

triadic

#CBC44E #4ECBC4 #C44ECB

tetradic

#CBC44E #4ECB85 #4E55CB #CB4E93

square

#CBC44E #4ECB85 #4E55CB #CB4E93

split-complementary

#CBC44E #4E93CB #854ECB

monochromatic

#7B7624 #AAA332 #CBC44E #D9D47D #E7E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CBC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC44E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC44E	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.138 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded585',
    500: '#cbc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc44e;
$custom-light: #ded585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80371,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC44E

secondary

#3A3F83

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC44E

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

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