#CBC649#CBC649

#CBC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.144 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC649
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -13.43, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 62.43, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0422 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.144 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.0269, 53.5672, 14.2170)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC649 #494ECB

analogous

#CB8549 #CBC649 #8FCB49

triadic

#CBC649 #49CBC6 #C649CB

tetradic

#CBC649 #49CB85 #494ECB #CB498F

square

#CBC649 #49CB85 #494ECB #CB498F

split-complementary

#CBC649 #498FCB #8549CB

monochromatic

#777422 #A7A230 #CBC649 #D9D579 #E6E4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CBC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC649

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC649	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.144 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded782',
    500: '#cbc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc649;
$custom-light: #ded782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80752,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.53566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC649

secondary

#383B80

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC649

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

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