#CBC549#CBC549

#CBC549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.143 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC549
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -12.93, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 62.05, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0408 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.143 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7991, 53.1116, 14.1411)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC549 #494FCB

analogous

#CB8449 #CBC549 #90CB49

triadic

#CBC549 #49CBC5 #C549CB

tetradic

#CBC549 #49CB84 #494FCB #CB4990

square

#CBC549 #49CB84 #494FCB #CB4990

split-complementary

#CBC549 #4990CB #8449CB

monochromatic

#777422 #A7A230 #CBC549 #D9D479 #E6E3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CBC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC549

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC549	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)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.143 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded682',
    500: '#cbc549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc549;
$custom-light: #ded682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80538,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC549

secondary

#383C80

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC549

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

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