#CBC53C#CBC53C

#CBC53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.152 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC53C
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -13.64, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 67.05, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0441 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.152 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4122, 52.9568, 12.1037)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC53C #3C42CB

analogous

#CB7E3C #CBC53C #89CB3C

triadic

#CBC53C #3CCBC5 #C53CCB

tetradic

#CBC53C #3CCB7E #3C42CB #CB3C89

square

#CBC53C #3CCB7E #3C42CB #CB3C89

split-complementary

#CBC53C #3C89CB #7E3CCB

monochromatic

#6F6C1E #9F9A2A #CBC53C #D8D36C #E5E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CBC53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC53C

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC53C	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)

#D6BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.152 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67b',
    500: '#cbc53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc53c;
$custom-light: #ded67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80436,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC53C

secondary

#333678

accent

#4DE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC53C

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

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