#CBC736#CBC736

#CBC736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.158 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC736
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -14.92, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 69.84, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0483 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.158 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7197, 53.8112, 11.4676)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC736 #363ACB

analogous

#CB7C36 #CBC736 #85CB36

triadic

#CBC736 #36CBC7 #C736CB

tetradic

#CBC736 #36CB7C #363ACB #CB3685

square

#CBC736 #36CB7C #363ACB #CB3685

split-complementary

#CBC736 #3685CB #7C36CB

monochromatic

#6B691C #9C9828 #CBC736 #D8D567 #E4E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CBC736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC736

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC736	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.158 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd778',
    500: '#cbc736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc736;
$custom-light: #dfd778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.389,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80826,
    "c": 0.15768,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC736

secondary

#313275

accent

#4AE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC736

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

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