#CBC53F#CBC53F

#CBC53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.150 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC53F
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -13.49, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 65.95, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0434 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4938, 52.9895, 12.5332)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC53F #3F45CB

analogous

#CB7F3F #CBC53F #8BCB3F

triadic

#CBC53F #3FCBC5 #C53FCB

tetradic

#CBC53F #3FCB7F #3F45CB #CB3F8B

square

#CBC53F #3FCB7F #3F45CB #CB3F8B

split-complementary

#CBC53F #3F8BCB #7F3FCB

monochromatic

#716D1F #A19C2C #CBC53F #D8D46F #E5E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CBC53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC53F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC53F	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)

#D5BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67c',
    500: '#cbc53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc53f;
$custom-light: #ded67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80458,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC53F

secondary

#34377A

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC53F

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

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