#CBC45B#CBC45B

#CBC45B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC45B
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -11.17, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 53.85, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0338 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.127 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2583, 52.9331, 17.6759)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC45B #5B62CB

analogous

#CB8C5B #CBC45B #9ACB5B

triadic

#CBC45B #5BCBC4 #C45BCB

tetradic

#CBC45B #5BCB8C #5B62CB #CB5B9A

square

#CBC45B #5BCB8C #5B62CB #CB5B9A

split-complementary

#CBC45B #5B9ACB #8C5BCB

monochromatic

#827D29 #B1A938 #CBC45B #DAD589 #E8E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CBC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC45B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC45B	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd58d',
    500: '#cbc45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc45b;
$custom-light: #ddd58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80507,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC45B

secondary

#40458A

accent

#55DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC45B

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

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