#CBC54B#CBC54B

#CBC54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC54B
RGB	rgb(203, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -12.80, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 61.22, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0402 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.142 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8664, 53.1385, 14.4959)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC54B #4B51CB

analogous

#CB854B #CBC54B #91CB4B

triadic

#CBC54B #4BCBC5 #C54BCB

tetradic

#CBC54B #4BCB85 #4B51CB #CB4B91

square

#CBC54B #4BCB85 #4B51CB #CB4B91

split-complementary

#CBC54B #4B91CB #854BCB

monochromatic

#797523 #A8A331 #CBC54B #D9D47A #E6E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CBC54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CBC54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC54B

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC54B	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded683',
    500: '#cbc54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc54b;
$custom-light: #ded683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80556,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC54B

secondary

#393D81

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC54B

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

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