#CBC462#CBC462

#CBC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.121 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC462
RGB	rgb(203, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 51.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -10.59, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 50.61, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0314 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.121 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5744, 53.0596, 19.3411)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC462 #6269CB

analogous

#CB9062 #CBC462 #9ECB62

triadic

#CBC462 #62CBC4 #C462CB

tetradic

#CBC462 #62CB90 #6269CB #CB629E

square

#CBC462 #62CB90 #6269CB #CB629E

split-complementary

#CBC462 #629ECB #9062CB

monochromatic

#86802C #B4AC3C #CBC462 #DAD590 #E9E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CBC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC462

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC462	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.121 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd591',
    500: '#cbc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc462;
$custom-light: #ddd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 50.239,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8059,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC462

secondary

#44498D

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC462

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

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