#CBC53E#CBC53E

#CBC53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC53E
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -13.54, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 66.32, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0437 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4661, 52.9784, 12.3874)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC53E #3E44CB

analogous

#CB7F3E #CBC53E #8BCB3E

triadic

#CBC53E #3ECBC5 #C53ECB

tetradic

#CBC53E #3ECB7F #3E44CB #CB3E8B

square

#CBC53E #3ECB7F #3E44CB #CB3E8B

split-complementary

#CBC53E #3E8BCB #7F3ECB

monochromatic

#706D1E #A19C2B #CBC53E #D8D36E #E5E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CBC53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC53E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC53E	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67c',
    500: '#cbc53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc53e;
$custom-light: #ded67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80451,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC53E

secondary

#343779

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC53E

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

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