#CBC635#CBC635

#CBC635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.157 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC635
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -14.46, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 69.82, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0471 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.157 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4671, 53.3433, 11.2687)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC635 #353ACB

analogous

#CB7B35 #CBC635 #85CB35

triadic

#CBC635 #35CBC6 #C635CB

tetradic

#CBC635 #35CB7B #353ACB #CB3585

square

#CBC635 #35CB7B #353ACB #CB3585

split-complementary

#CBC635 #3585CB #7B35CB

monochromatic

#6A681B #9B9728 #CBC635 #D8D466 #E4E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CBC635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC635

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC635	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.157 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd777',
    500: '#cbc635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc635;
$custom-light: #dfd777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80605,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC635

secondary

#303274

accent

#4BE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC635

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

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