#CBC535#CBC535

#CBC535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.156 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC535
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -13.96, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 69.47, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0457 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.156 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.2393, 52.8877, 11.1928)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC535 #353BCB

analogous

#CB7A35 #CBC535 #86CB35

triadic

#CBC535 #35CBC5 #C535CB

tetradic

#CBC535 #35CB7A #353BCB #CB3586

square

#CBC535 #35CB7A #353BCB #CB3586

split-complementary

#CBC535 #3586CB #7A35CB

monochromatic

#6A671B #9B9628 #CBC535 #D8D366 #E4E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CBC535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC535

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC535	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.156 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd677',
    500: '#cbc535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc535;
$custom-light: #dfd677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80391,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.52886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC535

secondary

#303374

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC535

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

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