#CBC45E#CBC45E

#CBC45E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC45E
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -10.93, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 52.47, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0328 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.125 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3903, 52.9860, 18.3711)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC45E #5E65CB

analogous

#CB8D5E #CBC45E #9BCB5E

triadic

#CBC45E #5ECBC4 #C45ECB

tetradic

#CBC45E #5ECB8D #5E65CB #CB5E9B

square

#CBC45E #5ECB8D #5E65CB #CB5E9B

split-complementary

#CBC45E #5E9BCB #8D5ECB

monochromatic

#847E2B #B2AA3A #CBC45E #DAD58C #E9E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CBC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC45E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC45E	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.124 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd58f',
    500: '#cbc45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc45e;
$custom-light: #ddd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80541,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC45E

secondary

#42478B

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC45E

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

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