#CBC53A#CBC53A

#CBC53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC53A
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -13.74, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 67.76, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0446 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3603, 52.9361, 11.8305)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC53A #3A40CB

analogous

#CB7C3A #CBC53A #88CB3A

triadic

#CBC53A #3ACBC5 #C53ACB

tetradic

#CBC53A #3ACB7C #3A40CB #CB3A88

square

#CBC53A #3ACB7C #3A40CB #CB3A88

split-complementary

#CBC53A #3A88CB #7C3ACB

monochromatic

#6E6A1D #9E992A #CBC53A #D8D36A #E5E29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CBC53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC53A

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC53A	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67a',
    500: '#cbc53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc53a;
$custom-light: #ded67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80423,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC53A

secondary

#323577

accent

#4DE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC53A

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

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