#CBC73B#CBC73B

#CBC73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.155 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC73B
RGB	rgb(203, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -14.70, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 68.13, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0472 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.155 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8432, 53.8606, 12.1181)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC73B #3B3FCB

analogous

#CB7F3B #CBC73B #87CB3B

triadic

#CBC73B #3BCBC7 #C73BCB

tetradic

#CBC73B #3BCB7F #3B3FCB #CB3B87

square

#CBC73B #3BCB7F #3B3FCB #CB3B87

split-complementary

#CBC73B #3B87CB #7F3BCB

monochromatic

#6E6C1D #9F9B2A #CBC73B #D8D56B #E5E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CBC73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CBC73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC73B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC73B	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)

#D8BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.155 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded77a',
    500: '#cbc73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc73b;
$custom-light: #ded77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80858,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC73B

secondary

#333478

accent

#4BE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC73B

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

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