#CBC52E#CBC52E

#CBC52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.160 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC52E
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 77.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -14.24, 70.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 71.67, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0471 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.16 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0899, 52.8279, 10.4059)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC52E #2E34CB

analogous

#CB772E #CBC52E #83CB2E

triadic

#CBC52E #2ECBC5 #C52ECB

tetradic

#CBC52E #2ECB77 #2E34CB #CB2E83

square

#CBC52E #2ECB77 #2E34CB #CB2E83

split-complementary

#CBC52E #2E83CB #772ECB

monochromatic

#676417 #999523 #CBC52E #DAD55C #E5E28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CBC52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CBC52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC52E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC52E	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.160 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd674',
    500: '#cbc52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc52e;
$custom-light: #dfd674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.707,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80351,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC52E

secondary

#2C2F71

accent

#48E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC52E

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

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