#CBC738#CBC738

#CBC738 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 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC738
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -14.83, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 69.17, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0479 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.157 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7676, 53.8304, 11.7201)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC738 #383CCB

analogous

#CB7D38 #CBC738 #86CB38

triadic

#CBC738 #38CBC7 #C738CB

tetradic

#CBC738 #38CB7D #383CCB #CB3886

square

#CBC738 #38CB7D #383CCB #CB3886

split-complementary

#CBC738 #3886CB #7D38CB

monochromatic

#6C6A1C #9D9A29 #CBC738 #D8D569 #E4E299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CBC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC738

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC738	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.157 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd779',
    500: '#cbc738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc738;
$custom-light: #dfd779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.367,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80838,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC738

secondary

#313376

accent

#4AE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC738

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

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