#CBC45D#CBC45D

#CBC45D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.125 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC45D
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -11.01, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 52.94, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0331 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.125 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3457, 52.9681, 18.1363)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC45D #5D64CB

analogous

#CB8D5D #CBC45D #9BCB5D

triadic

#CBC45D #5DCBC4 #C45DCB

tetradic

#CBC45D #5DCB8D #5D64CB #CB5D9B

square

#CBC45D #5DCB8D #5D64CB #CB5D9B

split-complementary

#CBC45D #5D9BCB #8D5DCB

monochromatic

#837E2A #B2AA39 #CBC45D #DAD58B #E9E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CBC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC45D

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC45D	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)

#D3BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.125 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd58e',
    500: '#cbc45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc45d;
$custom-light: #ddd58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8053,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC45D

secondary

#41468B

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC45D

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

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