#CBC538#CBC538

#CBC538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.155 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC538
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -13.83, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 68.46, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0451 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.155 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3105, 52.9161, 11.5677)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC538 #383ECB

analogous

#CB7B38 #CBC538 #87CB38

triadic

#CBC538 #38CBC5 #C538CB

tetradic

#CBC538 #38CB7B #383ECB #CB3887

square

#CBC538 #38CB7B #383ECB #CB3887

split-complementary

#CBC538 #3887CB #7B38CB

monochromatic

#6C691C #9D9829 #CBC538 #D8D369 #E4E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CBC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC538

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC538	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)

#D6BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.155 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd678',
    500: '#cbc538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc538;
$custom-light: #dfd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8041,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC538

secondary

#313476

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC538

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

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