#CBC539#CBC539

#CBC539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.154 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC539
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -13.78, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 68.11, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0448 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.154 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3352, 52.9260, 11.6978)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC539 #393FCB

analogous

#CB7C39 #CBC539 #88CB39

triadic

#CBC539 #39CBC5 #C539CB

tetradic

#CBC539 #39CB7C #393FCB #CB3988

square

#CBC539 #39CB7C #393FCB #CB3988

split-complementary

#CBC539 #3988CB #7C39CB

monochromatic

#6D6A1D #9D9929 #CBC539 #D8D369 #E4E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CBC539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC539

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC539	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)

#D6BD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.154 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd679',
    500: '#cbc539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc539;
$custom-light: #dfd679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80416,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC539

secondary

#323576

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC539

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

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