#CBC541#CBC541

#CBC541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.149 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC541
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 68%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -13.38, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 65.20, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0429 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.149 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5507, 53.0122, 12.8330)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC541 #4147CB

analogous

#CB8041 #CBC541 #8CCB41

triadic

#CBC541 #41CBC5 #C541CB

tetradic

#CBC541 #41CB80 #4147CB #CB418C

square

#CBC541 #41CB80 #4147CB #CB418C

split-complementary

#CBC541 #418CCB #8041CB

monochromatic

#726F1F #A29D2C #CBC541 #D8D471 #E5E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CBC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC541

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC541	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)

#D5BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.149 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67d',
    500: '#cbc541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc541;
$custom-light: #ded67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80473,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC541

secondary

#35387B

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC541

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

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