#CBC638#CBC638

#CBC638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.156 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC638
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -14.33, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 68.81, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0465 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.156 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5383, 53.3718, 11.6436)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC638 #383DCB

analogous

#CB7C38 #CBC638 #86CB38

triadic

#CBC638 #38CBC6 #C638CB

tetradic

#CBC638 #38CB7C #383DCB #CB3886

square

#CBC638 #38CB7C #383DCB #CB3886

split-complementary

#CBC638 #3886CB #7C38CB

monochromatic

#6C6A1C #9D9929 #CBC638 #D8D469 #E4E299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CBC638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC638

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC638	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)

#D7BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.156 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd779',
    500: '#cbc638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc638;
$custom-light: #dfd779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80624,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC638

secondary

#313476

accent

#4BE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC638

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

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