#CBC542#CBC542

#CBC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.148 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC542
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -13.33, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 64.81, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0427 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.148 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5799, 53.0239, 12.9869)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC542 #4248CB

analogous

#CB8042 #CBC542 #8DCB42

triadic

#CBC542 #42CBC5 #C542CB

tetradic

#CBC542 #42CB80 #4248CB #CB428D

square

#CBC542 #42CB80 #4248CB #CB428D

split-complementary

#CBC542 #428DCB #8042CB

monochromatic

#736F20 #A39E2D #CBC542 #D8D472 #E5E2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CBC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC542

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC542	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)

#D5BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.148 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67e',
    500: '#cbc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc542;
$custom-light: #ded67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80481,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC542

secondary

#35387C

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC542

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

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