#CBC45A#CBC45A

#CBC45A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.128 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC45A
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -11.24, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 54.31, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0341 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.128 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2154, 52.9160, 17.4502)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC45A #5A61CB

analogous

#CB8B5A #CBC45A #9ACB5A

triadic

#CBC45A #5ACBC4 #C45ACB

tetradic

#CBC45A #5ACB8B #5A61CB #CB5A9A

square

#CBC45A #5ACB8B #5A61CB #CB5A9A

split-complementary

#CBC45A #5A9ACB #8B5ACB

monochromatic

#827C29 #B0A938 #CBC45A #DAD589 #E8E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CBC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC45A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC45A	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.128 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd58c',
    500: '#cbc45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc45a;
$custom-light: #ddd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80495,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC45A

secondary

#404489

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC45A

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

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