#CBC737#CBC737

#CBC737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.157 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC737
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -14.88, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 69.50, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0481 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.157 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7434, 53.8207, 11.5926)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC737 #373BCB

analogous

#CB7D37 #CBC737 #85CB37

triadic

#CBC737 #37CBC7 #C737CB

tetradic

#CBC737 #37CB7D #373BCB #CB3785

square

#CBC737 #37CB7D #373BCB #CB3785

split-complementary

#CBC737 #3785CB #7D37CB

monochromatic

#6C691C #9C9929 #CBC737 #D8D568 #E4E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CBC737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CBC737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC737

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC737	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)

#D8BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.157 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd778',
    500: '#cbc737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc737;
$custom-light: #dfd778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80832,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC737

secondary

#313375

accent

#4AE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC737

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

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