#CBC72E#CBC72E

#CBC72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.162 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC72E
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 77.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -15.24, 70.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 72.35, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0499 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.162 108)
XYZ	xyz(45.5470, 53.7422, 10.5583)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC72E #2E32CB

analogous

#CB792E #CBC72E #81CB2E

triadic

#CBC72E #2ECBC7 #C72ECB

tetradic

#CBC72E #2ECB79 #2E32CB #CB2E81

square

#CBC72E #2ECB79 #2E32CB #CB2E81

split-complementary

#CBC72E #2E81CB #792ECB

monochromatic

#676517 #999623 #CBC72E #DAD75C #E5E38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CBC72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC72E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC72E	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.162 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd774',
    500: '#cbc72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc72e;
$custom-light: #dfd774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.471,
    "s": 63.052,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8078,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.53741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC72E

secondary

#2C2E71

accent

#46E642

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC72E

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

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