#CBC548#CBC548

#CBC548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC548
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -12.99, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 62.45, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0411 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7662, 53.0984, 13.9679)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC548 #484ECB

analogous

#CB8448 #CBC548 #90CB48

triadic

#CBC548 #48CBC5 #C548CB

tetradic

#CBC548 #48CB84 #484ECB #CB4890

square

#CBC548 #48CB84 #484ECB #CB4890

split-complementary

#CBC548 #4890CB #8448CB

monochromatic

#777322 #A6A12F #CBC548 #D9D478 #E6E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CBC548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC548

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC548	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded681',
    500: '#cbc548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc548;
$custom-light: #ded681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8053,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC548

secondary

#383B7F

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC548

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

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