#CBC640#CBC640

#CBC640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.151 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC640
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -13.94, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 65.94, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0446 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.151 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7498, 53.4564, 12.7577)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC640 #4045CB

analogous

#CB8140 #CBC640 #8ACB40

triadic

#CBC640 #40CBC6 #C640CB

tetradic

#CBC640 #40CB81 #4045CB #CB408A

square

#CBC640 #40CB81 #4045CB #CB408A

split-complementary

#CBC640 #408ACB #8140CB

monochromatic

#726F1F #A29E2C #CBC640 #D8D470 #E5E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CBC640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC640

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC640	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.151 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77d',
    500: '#cbc640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc640;
$custom-light: #ded77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80679,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC640

secondary

#35377B

accent

#4DE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC640

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

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