#CBC545#CBC545

#CBC545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.146 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC545
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -13.16, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 63.65, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0419 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.146 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6707, 53.0602, 13.4650)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC545 #454BCB

analogous

#CB8245 #CBC545 #8ECB45

triadic

#CBC545 #45CBC5 #C545CB

tetradic

#CBC545 #45CB82 #454BCB #CB458E

square

#CBC545 #45CB82 #454BCB #CB458E

split-complementary

#CBC545 #458ECB #8245CB

monochromatic

#757121 #A59F2E #CBC545 #D8D475 #E6E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CBC545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC545

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC545	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.146 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded67f',
    500: '#cbc545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc545;
$custom-light: #ded67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80505,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC545

secondary

#373A7E

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC545

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

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