#CBC53B#CBC53B

#CBC53B 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	#CBC53B
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -13.69, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 67.41, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0444 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3860, 52.9464, 11.9658)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC53B #3B41CB

analogous

#CB7D3B #CBC53B #89CB3B

triadic

#CBC53B #3BCBC5 #C53BCB

tetradic

#CBC53B #3BCB7D #3B41CB #CB3B89

square

#CBC53B #3BCB7D #3B41CB #CB3B89

split-complementary

#CBC53B #3B89CB #7D3BCB

monochromatic

#6E6B1D #9F9A2A #CBC53B #D8D36B #E5E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CBC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC53B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC53B	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)

#D6BD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67a',
    500: '#cbc53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc53b;
$custom-light: #ded67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80429,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC53B

secondary

#333578

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC53B

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

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