#CBC642#CBC642

#CBC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.149 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC642
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -13.83, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 65.18, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0441 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.149 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8077, 53.4795, 13.0628)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC642 #4247CB

analogous

#CB8142 #CBC642 #8CCB42

triadic

#CBC642 #42CBC6 #C642CB

tetradic

#CBC642 #42CB81 #4247CB #CB428C

square

#CBC642 #42CB81 #4247CB #CB428C

split-complementary

#CBC642 #428CCB #8142CB

monochromatic

#737020 #A39F2D #CBC642 #D8D472 #E5E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CBC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CBC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC642

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC642	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.149 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77e',
    500: '#cbc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc642;
$custom-light: #ded77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80694,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC642

secondary

#35387C

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC642

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

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